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.
The fact that Trump has eroded standards is not an argument for giving up on them entirely, it's also stupid whataboutery.
So all politicians should be automatically disqualified for having an affair?
What really should matter is whether a politician does her/his job well, and disqualifying such person because of having an affair is just stupid, as long as said affair doesn't interfere with her or his performance. When you start to enforce an inflexible "personal morality" limitus test, it's going to do more damage than good.
In Hill's case, while sleeping with your staffer is pretty problematic (and if there's an indication of professionally inappropriate conduct, then she should resign), I'm not even sure we could call it an "affair", given she apparently is in open marriage.
