Katie Hill resigning from office

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Is it adultery if both spouses are on the same page about it?

Yes, but that's not the main issue here (assuming this story is true, which I hope it isn't).

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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.

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This is looking more and more and more like a Jeremy Corbyn-style "terrible person on her merits but also getting shamelessly libeled" situation.

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Also, f**k this scandal for making me encounter the term "throuple" in the wild. Was "ménage à trois" not trendy enough?

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"If it's not illegal, it's not inappropriate to the dignity of a public servant" is a repellent argument. I say this as someone who (as of now) doesn't think Hill should resign.

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Republicans are literally just throwing around revenge pornography in an attempt to intimidate a member of Congress - who has done literally nothing wrong here - into resigning.

Engaging in multiple affairs with campaign staffers is very clearly something wrong.

If we're making people resign over affairs a good 25% of Congress at minimum should be gone.

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play the victim

This is literally the first time I've seen this phrase used in reference to someone other than Taylor Swift in years.

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play the victim

This is literally the first time I've seen this phrase used in reference to someone other than Taylor Swift in years.

What did Taylor Swift play the victim about recently?

You'd have to ask a Taylor Swift hater.

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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.

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.

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and this rewards a revenge porn campaign.

This is the real story here. If this story had been broken via the aide going to a mainstream news outlet about Hill's treatment of her, I would have leaned towards supporting Hill's ouster; however, as it stands, Hill resigning legitimizes revenge porn as a means of "reporting" on political scandals, and anybody who thinks it'll affect male and female politicians equally is delusional.

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Does anyone know the date in which her resignation goes into effect?

Wikipedia is already listing her as a former member of Congress.

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George Papadapolous to run for the seat

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1188594051097907200

Stay classy, George.

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I'd consider voting for a relatively sane Republican over Cenk Uygur. Fortunately for the Democratic House majority, the Republicans here like Cernovich and Papadopoulos are also freaks.