Katie Hill resigning from office

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If the President of the United States refuses to step down for breaking the law, then why should a member of Congress step down for doing nothing illegal?

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If the President of the United States refuses to step down for breaking the law, then why should a member of Congress step down for doing nothing illegal?

Isn't it just rotten luck for the GOP that this didn't come out before the 2017 election? Lol. Anyway, this isn't right and Northam should resign.

That is something that could call into question one's ability to govern fairly for all citizens.

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If the President of the United States refuses to step down for breaking the law, then why should a member of Congress step down for doing nothing illegal?

Isn't it just rotten luck for the GOP that this didn't come out before the 2017 election? Lol. Anyway, this isn't right and Northam should resign.

That is something that could call into question one's ability to govern fairly for all citizens.

And affairs also do as they could be used as blackmail evidence. This is why the FBI used to fire anyone who was found to be having one. Same principle with David Petraeus too.

The fact that Trump has eroded standards is not an argument for giving up on them entirely, it's also stupid whataboutery.

Petraeus actually told information to his mistress. Classified and law enforcement positions are a lot more sensitive than other ones. I see know reason why a resignation is necessary. Get a life and some business of your own.

And I mentioned Trump because even some Democrats think that it's too over the top to expect him to resign, but will call for a Democrat to resign over much less.

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Just goes to prove my point, the consequences of scandals do not apply to democrats.
They'll just spin a way to portray allegations as "fake" (with the help of their media handlers), dust off their shoes, and keep marching forward.

There is some truth to this. What if this scandal had involved Hill's Republican predecessor, Steve Knight? Or any number of other Republican Congressmen? I doubt that the media would have ignored their scandals. And I'm quite certain that many of the posters on here, who are now defending Hill and bashing "right-wing" media outlets, would be decrying Republican "family values" and demanding the Congressman's resignation. Some would even call for him to be prosecuted in a court of law.

Maybe the media didn't pick up the story because there was nothing to pick up? You have to have proper evidence to substantiate a story. Not everything is about "everyone is only out to get Republicans".

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Just goes to prove my point, the consequences of scandals do not apply to democrats.
They'll just spin a way to portray allegations as "fake" (with the help of their media handlers), dust off their shoes, and keep marching forward.

There is some truth to this. What if this scandal had involved Hill's Republican predecessor, Steve Knight? Or any number of other Republican Congressmen? I doubt that the media would have ignored their scandals. And I'm quite certain that many of the posters on here, who are now defending Hill and bashing "right-wing" media outlets, would be decrying Republican "family values" and demanding the Congressman's resignation. Some would even call for him to be prosecuted in a court of law.

Well, the Democratic Party never claimed to be the party of family values.

Doesn't make my points any less valid. If you're going to hold Republicans to a higher standard, then you need to hold your own party's members to that standard as well. No one should excuse sexual misbehavior from any politician, be it Trump or this congresswoman.

Except Republicans defend Trump no matter what his personal foibles.

The second it came out that Al Franken had sexually harassed women, Democrats were lining up around the block to criticise him and he was forced to resign.

I wouldn't bother even responding to that poster. She's always trying to create some both sides narrative about everything and will argue on and on and on.

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And who do you Republicans have to retake this seat? Steve Knight lost by a mile. Even if Hill doesn't run for re-election is doesn't open the door for some triumph Republican return.

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And who do you Republicans have to retake this seat? Steve Knight lost by a mile. Even if Hill doesn't run for re-election is doesn't open the door for some triumph Republican return.

CA-25 voted for Newsom by 2 points in 2018. It's hardly a safe seat.

Jerry Brown lost it by 14% to a flop of a candidate. +14 to -2 doesn't suggest much opportunity for Republicans who also lost an Assembly seat in the area.

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You all want to talk about perverts while someone who has admitted to rape in the White House? Give me a damn break. The hypocrisy is stunning.

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Good riddance to this degenerate sexual deviant and polygamist who obviously gets her rocks off by sleeping with subordinates.

I'll boldly predict that the special will be competitive and that Republicans will land a good recruit.

They don't have any good recruits in the district.

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The fact that the blue avatars celebrate because a smear campaign by an abusive husband against his ex-wife has succeeded makes me sick.

It was a great victory. One of the dems' rising stars has been neutralized by her own crazy actions.

Your Governor is supposedly in the closet. Maybe it's time for someone to find some information about her personal life and release it. She could have done some inappropriate things with her power.

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She should seek a job at Pornhub ; I guess she would fit really well in the porn industry 😂

Hill was actually the top recipient of campaign contributions from the "TV Production" industry in 2018 and seeing how her district includes a good bit of "Porn Valley," I wouldn't be surprised if she's acutely aligned with their interests.

It actually doesn't include that much of the San Fernando Valley, but considering that everyone in Mississippi thinks every city in California is part of Hollywood I'll give you a pass.

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The fact that the blue avatars celebrate because a smear campaign by an abusive husband against his ex-wife has succeeded makes me sick.

May I ask what basis there is to call this a "smear campaign"?

Because she's a woman and he's a man. Best to just move past this and get a better Democrat in there.

Given that the Democrats have been getting destroyed in competitive elections post 2018, it'll be interesting to see if they can keep this seat.

Destroyed where?

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The fact that the blue avatars celebrate because a smear campaign by an abusive husband against his ex-wife has succeeded makes me sick.

May I ask what basis there is to call this a "smear campaign"?

Because she's a woman and he's a man. Best to just move past this and get a better Democrat in there.

Given that the Democrats have been getting destroyed in competitive elections post 2018, it'll be interesting to see if they can keep this seat.

Where?  In NC-9 and PA-12 the Democrats outperformed Trump's numbers.   In NC-3 the Republicans more or less just held their ground (in a very rural, safe R seat).

There literally hasn't been any special elections in truly competitive districts/states in 2019.

I'm not even going to address the cherry picking and spin in the above, except to note that you're forgetting the Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, in which 1.2 million votes were cast; it was a statewide election in what is a likely tipping point state next year.

Losing a state supreme court race by decimal points is hardly getting destroyed. But keep on trolling.

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The fact that the blue avatars celebrate because a smear campaign by an abusive husband against his ex-wife has succeeded makes me sick.

May I ask what basis there is to call this a "smear campaign"?

Because she's a woman and he's a man. Best to just move past this and get a better Democrat in there.

Given that the Democrats have been getting destroyed in competitive elections post 2018, it'll be interesting to see if they can keep this seat.

Destroyed where?

IIRC Loretta sanchez in the region only got like 38% of the vote against 5 Republicand and still lost an Orange county supervisor seat. The other major California special sd 1 saw ds only get 30% of the vote in a trump +15 district. California specials so far have been bad for Democrats

You are really stretching here.

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Smith ran two competitive races for the Assembly seat that holds much of CA-25 and won the second time, plus she as on the Newhall School Board before that and was raised in Santa Clarita. That's the sort of candidate the DCCC is going to back.

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Wow, blue avs cheering on the destruction of a woman at the hands of an abusive ex. And calling US the degenerates at the same time.

She defeated a Republican so automatically she's a villain who must be destroyed at any cost. Politics has gotten to the point where some want politicians they don't like destroyed personally.