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?

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's like comparing apples to spaceships.

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The time for this sort of outrage is long past.

If Clinton didn't make it so, then Gingrich/Livingston did. If not them DesJarlais. If not him, Vitter's re-election in 2010.

Sad state of affairs, pretty much the inevitable conclusion of the "hook-up" culture, but it's just the reality now.

So Katie likes to be a part of a several rather than a few or a couple, big whoop at this point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Souder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Mahoney

Mahoney didn't resign. If voters think that this is a disqualifying transgression then by all means they should oust Hill with their votes.

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Eh. I don't think it's a big deal unless bigger and less partisan outlets pick this up. The only entities that are really pushing this story are right wingers like RedState and Comfortably Smug, and they aren't exactly the most trustworthy sources. Even photographs can be be easily edited.

So needless to say I'm skeptical.

Would you be saying this if it were Daily Kos, or Slate, or Mother Jones, or Salon, or the Huffington Post, or Vox reporting on this?

No because these outlets don't have a well-established history of posting fabricated lies.

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Not surprised she’s a creepy degenerate. Won’t matter for her re-elect chances though because her district would vote now for a corpse if the democrats ran one, all because Orange Man Says Mean Things.

That's interesting considering your state almost sent a racist pedophile to the senate just because he had an R next to his name.

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Then why do Tennessee Republicans love a "baby killer" like Scott DesJarlais?

Because, to paraphrase LBJ, he is OUR baby killer.

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Is there any hint that the material is manufactured? That would in itself be a major news story (prominent conservative news outlet posts faked attack on swing-district politician.)

Um, posting fake news stories is the bread and butter of conservative media. Have you ever watched a Fox News segment or read a Breitbart article?

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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?

Why should it matter whether reliable/ credible journalistic sources are talking about this?

Because it means they checked the story and found it lacks credibility?
After last year's debacle with Cisneros everyone should be more careful.

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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.

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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.

Yes it does.

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https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1187338202266460165?s=20

Now this, this is an unexpected take.

He wants to bang her.

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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.

As long as Trump is in the White House, it is.

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So it looks like my initial assessment of this was a bit off.

Based on learning that (a) there is no actual evidence of an affair with her finance director and (b) the other girl involved here was a campaign staffer, not a congressional staffer, I don’t really think Hill has much to apologize for.

I suppose hiring someone you’re secretly sleeping with onto your campaign staff isn’t ideal, but it’s quite a bit different that hiring them onto the government payroll.

I couldn’t care less if she had a consensual nonmonogamous relationship or smoked marijuana at some point in the past.  And the idea that she has a -Nazi tattoo- is laughably implausible.

Is Brett Kavanaugh a rapist with accusers who often can't even make their own claims under oath, when there's actually pictures of Katie Hill naked with staffers? There's no doubt that Hill is a rapist.

What an awful post.

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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.

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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.

She posted them herself, and she committed rape too.

Why is this person still allowed to post that kind of garbage every day?

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

This is what passes for modern conservatism today.  A bunch of internet trolls who think that revenge porn and spousal abuse are a laughing matter.

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In the meanwhile, there is no evidence that Hill dated somebody from her congressional staff but everybody takes it as a given. I wonder why.

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is it really an Atlas thread without BRTD making tone deaf sexist comments?

This entire thread is irrefutable proof that sexism thrives in American politics.

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Yeah, I'm sure if Republicans run a Trump lackey the district will snap back into being Titanium R.

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Papadopoulos has a campaign site. He's running. He's the type of candidate that will get just enough of the GOP vote to win a second slot in the runoff, but then is DOA because he can't unite the types of voters the GOP would need in this seat. Especially if Newsom can get this to coencide with the Dem primary.

So in summary, it's further proof the California GOP are in the depths of a death spiral.

If someone reaches 50% there will be no runoff.

You think that Smith will be the only notable Democrat to run?

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The NRCC allied themselves with an abusive husband to blackmail his ex-wife, a sitting congresswoman, using revenge porn.
Every time I think Republicans have hit rock bottom they always find a way to surprise me.

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When the media reports on a republican's scandal, it's "good journalism."
When the media reports on a democrat's scandal, it's a "smear campaign," and they should be sued.

The only scandal here is that NRCC aided and abetted Hill's husband in committing a crime.

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We can all agree revenge porn is evil, disgusting, and abhorrent, but that wasn't the scandal here. The problem is Hill having a relationship with her employee, which is not okay.

Again, there is no evidence that Hill had a relationship with a congressional staffer.
The only one saying that is her husband and I think we can agree that his credibility is suspect, to say the least.

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Your usual reminder that the person who wrote this is a Trump supporter.

But let's not forget to recognize that Katie Hill is a stupid idiot with an absurd lack of judgement and a shortage of self-control.  Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I somehow think that an elected officials ought to have a bit more personal restraint than Hill has displayed. 

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Ilhan Omar endorsement imminent.