Katie Hill resigning from office

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Per Politico, there is no evidence that Hill had an affair except her husband’s unsupported claim that this was the case and she has alleged that her husband was abusive towards her.  DC police investigating whether photos were illegally obtained and/or were revenge porn.  At this point, while the whole threeouple thing is really weird (to say the least) and this certainly showed some poor judgment on Hill’s part, I don’t think there’s any reason for her to resign or even that she shouldn’t be re-elected at this point.  

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/katie-hill-denies-improper-relationship-054313

Thank goodness.

She should sue RedState into bankruptcy for this.

[Woody]

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/katie-hill-denies-improper-relationship-054313

Freshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill (Calif.) is denying allegations that she had an improper relationship with a congressional staffer, and blamed the controversy on an "abusive husband" that she is in the midst of divorcing.

The 32-year-old Hill has reached out to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to deny the allegations, according to multiple Democratic sources.

In her statement, Hill vehemently denied any improper relationship with Kelly. Hill said U.S. Capitol Police are now investigating where the nude photo came from and how it was published.

"Intimate photos of me and another individual were published by Republican operatives on the internet without my consent," Hill said in her statement. "I have notified Capitol Hill police who are investigating the situation and potential legal violations of those who posted and distributed the photos, and therefore will have no further comment on the digital materials."

[Roblox]

This hasn't really seemed to catch on much outside of right wing media, and even if it did, the fact that it's more than a year out, the district is sprinting democratic, and that she may not have even had an affair is more than enough to insulate her.

Safe D——>Safe D.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Well, I'm sure the next time a right-wing site posts something slanderous about a Democratic congressperson everyone is going to reserve judgment until a more credible source confirms the allegations.
Not.

[Yellowhammer]

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.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

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.

This almost reads like satire

[Barack Oganja]

Wtf I love Katie now

[Young Conservative]

1. Picture should not have been published.
2. It’s not okay to have affairs with staffers.
3. The ethical issue that should be focused on is #2, even though affairs are immoral (it’s not our business).

[Person Man]

If what Hill says is correct, this becomes not something she should apologize for but something she should file a police report and talk to a lawyer about. It also potentially secures her reelection. The right wing fake news was way too desperate here and overplayed her hand if she didn't actually do anything wrong.

[Pollster]

Hill will not only survive this, but could set legal precedent as well in the realms of both revenge porn and journalism.

[pppolitics]

Has a single reliable / credible journalistic source picked up this story yet? I'm not seeing any. And if not - why are we talking about this?

Do you really still expect an extension of the democratic machine to expose one of its own proxies when it doesn't really need to?
We're in an era of scorched-earth politics, the media isn't about to sabotage the democrats in a potentially vulnerable district if they don't have to. If Katie Hill was a republican, she would've already had to resign.

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.

It's the Trump's era.

Having an affair is like going to the barber.

No one gives a ****.

[Calthrina950]

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.

[pppolitics]

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.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

1. Picture should not have been published.
2. It’s not okay to have affairs with staffers.
3. The ethical issue that should be focused on is #2, even though affairs are immoral (it’s not our business).

Except there's no evidence Hill had an affair with a staffer save for the thus far unsupported claims of her husband in the midst of what is clearly - to put it kindly - an extremely ugly divorce.

[DrScholl]

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".

[Calthrina950]

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.

[Landslide Lyndon]

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.

Yes it does.

[GoTfan]

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.

[Calthrina950]

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.

As I've said, I don't agree with how Republicans handle Trump. And as for Franken, yes he was forced out, but that was only because Democrats knew he would be replaced by another Democrat. If it were a Republican Governor responsible for filling his vacancy, I doubt they would have called for his resignation.

[DrScholl]

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.

[Gracile]

I don't think this was reported yet, but Hill confirmed that she had an affair with a campaign aide before getting elected but denies having a relationship with anyone on her congressional staff (her full statement is in the tweet thread below):

https://twitter.com/BresPolitico/status/1187149412109373440

[Person Man]

I don't think this was reported yet, but Hill confirmed that she had an affair with a campaign aide before getting elected but denies having a relationship with anyone on her congressional staff (her full statement is in the tweet thread below):

https://twitter.com/BresPolitico/status/1187149412109373440

But that's her and her husband's girlfriend. That's not the issue.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

So RedState is now publishing private text messages between Hill and Heslep in which they imply she has a drinking problem... Not only is this clearly a hitjob by RedState and her ex, but this is a blatant violation of Hill’s privacy. They are opening the door to a sh**tload of legal problems.

[Continential]

So RedState is now publishing private text messages between Hill and Heslep in which they imply she has a drinking problem... Not only is this clearly a hitjob by RedState and Heslep, but this is a blatant violation of Hill’s privacy. They are opening the door to a sh**tload of legal problems.

[Calthrina950]

So RedState is now publishing private text messages between Hill and Heslep in which they imply she has a drinking problem... Not only is this clearly a hitjob by RedState and Heslep, but this is a blatant violation of Hill’s privacy. They are opening the door to a sh**tload of legal problems.

Though I don't condone how RedState has handled this, I'm still appalled by the double standard which continues to be taken by many here over this matter.