Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) blasted what she called a “double standard” as she resigned from her House seat following the publication of explicit photos on the right-wing site Red State. …
blasted what she called a “double standard” as she resigned from her House seat following the publication of explicit photos on the right-wing site Red State.
Hill said that she was resigning even as other public figures, namely Trump, have been “credibly accused” of acts of sexual violence, yet have not faced repercussions. She also blamed her estranged husband, Kenneth Heslep, with whom she was going through divorce proceedings. In her resignation letter on Sunday, Hill said that right wing sites had given Heslep a “platform” to conduct a “smear campaign built around cyber exploitation.” Hill is openly bisexual, and said in her farewell speech that right-wing media has “capitalized on my sexuality, and allowed my abusive ex to continue that abuse.
Hill suggested that her final vote, one that formalizes the impeachment inquiry against Trump, was especially fitting.
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