Katie Hill resigning from office

[DrScholl]

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.

[DrScholl]

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.

[Yellowhammer]

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.

If she ever has to resign (unlikely) she's only going to be replaced with a better republican (Ainsworth).

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

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.

Seriously?! This is the level we're willing to sink to for the sake of tit-for-tat?! At least Hill was comfortable with people knowing she was bisexual, even if the revenge porn itself was still inexcusable.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Hopefully her district sees the light and votes out her decadent and degenerate party in the special election.

(Insert sounds of hysterical laughter at a member of the party of Roy Moore, David Vitter, Blake Farenthold, Mark Foley, etc. casting stones about the other party's decadence and degeneracy.)

Just because many Republicans have engaged in this kind of behavior doesn't excuse what she's done. And I could list off the Democratic politicians who have been caught in similar kinds of scandals.

But at any rate, this is good news. Given that this district is continuing to trend Democratic, I expect that they will be able to hold it. Lean Democratic seems to be a sufficient rating.

I never said that poor behavior by some Republicans excused Hill's behavior; I don't condone it and believe resignation was the proper course of action.  I was simply calling out Nuke's hypocrisy for calling the Democrats decadent and degenerate even though it is clear that they have far from a corner on that market.

ETA: To clarify, what I don't condone is Hill having an affair with someone over whom she was in a position of authority.  I don't care about the other aspects of her relationships.

[Nyvin]

So much for that meme that "Scandals don't affect Democrats because LIBERAL MEDIA".     I saw a lot of Republicans posting stuff like that about this.

[Mike Thick]

Everyone seems to think Caforio will be the Dem nominee but what about that volcanologist chick?

Nah. Might run but lagged *way* behind the other two in 2018. Wouldn’t rule out the possibility of someone none of us have heard of jumping in and running away with party backing — a lot of people will be hesitant to get behind Caforio after he lost twice in two consecutive cycles

As for Republicans: Mike Garcia is probably as solid of a recruit as they could expect — Hispanic former fighter pilot, could easily become a John James-esque cause celebre. Underwood-Jacobs isn’t doing so hot, to put it mildly. Everyone who wants Steve Knight to run should remember all the reasons he lost by more than any of the other CA incumbents

[Gass3268]

Not surprised, Democrats are held to a higher standard.

[BundouYMB]

Not surprised, Democrats are held to a higher standard.

Which isn't a bad thing. We just need to hold Republicans to the same high standard. We shouldn't be trying to keep scummy politicians in office just because the Republicans do it.

[Perlen vor den Schweinen]

Nice to see that the Republicans in this thread are setting society to a higher standard. I encourage them to go even further and never think about naked people and/or performing sexual actions ever again.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wow, didn’t even last a full year. How many House members have had shorter terms than this?

I'm sure there are other examples, but the one that springs to mind is Shelley Sekula Gibbs, who served for seven weeks.

https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/22589

[Antonio the Sixth]

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

[BundouYMB]

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"?

[Horus]

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.

[Beet]

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.

[Nyvin]

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"?

It literally was revenge porn that was posted about her.  She didn't do anything malicious or harmful (let alone illegal)

[DrScholl]

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?

[Xing]

Tough luck, Katie. If you had a (R) next to your name, you'd immediately be considered a martyr and a rallying cry for Trump and the Republicans, who would deem the whole thing a witch hunt and an attempt by Democrats to steal a House seat. Democrats should hold this seat (Likely D at worst), but as others have said, Republicans clearly aren't the ones held to a higher standard.

[Nyvin]

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.

[lfromnj]

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

[BundouYMB]

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"?

It literally was revenge porn that was posted about her.  She didn't do anything malicious or harmful (let alone illegal)

Christ, online leftists really exist in a delusional little bubble.

[Arizona Iced Tea]

Does anyone think the former congressman Steve Knight will run for his seat back?

[KaiserDave]

Good that she resigned, her conduct was clearly inappropriate in regards to the subordinate. While I would have preferred that they wait out for a full and comprehensive report from the House Ethics Committee, this is probably what would've occurred regardless.


Politically, this seat is a strong Lean D in the special. And I consider that extremely generous to Republicans, given Hill won by 9ish.

[Gracile]

Jess Phoenix OUT:

https://twitter.com/AlexClearfield/status/1188610133707894785

Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D) is considering a run here:

https://twitter.com/cmarinucci/status/1188599178559029250

[Beet]

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.