allegations, hill admitted to having a separate sexual relationship with a staffer on her election campaign. in the wake of leaked nude photos, she was defiant in her exit. i am leaving now because of a double standard. i am leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. i am leaving because i didn t want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used by shameless operatives for the dirtiest gutter politics that i ve ever seen. i am leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my pictures and enabled my abusive ex- to continue that abuse this time with the entire country watching. her resignation has caused considerable soul searching. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez described the leak as revenge porn. this doesn t happen to male
ethics committee after the freshman democrat apologized for an inappropriate affair with a female campaign staffer but denied a relationship with a male staffer on her payroll. she blamed two media outlets for posting pictures of her that she said were leaked by her estranged husband. i didn t want to be peddled by papers and web sites used for the dirtiest gutter politics that i ve ever seen and the right-wing media to drive clips and expand their audience by distributing intimate photos of me taken without my knowledge. howard: the story was broken by a reporter whose own role has come under scrutiny. i care that she holds to ethics standards that she votes for. but, of course, i don t, didn t like being smeared as some kind of revenge porn peddler or vast right-wing conspiracy because that s simply not what happened.
publication of those nude photos of the congresswoman, published without her consent. hill saying that she could barely get out of bed after those photos leaked. and calling the events surrounding her resignation the dirtiest gutter politics she had ever seen. this is the last speech that i will give from this floor as a member of congress. freshman democratic lawmaker katie hill giving her final speech in congress. show denies having an improper relationship with a member of her congressional staff, but admits she had an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer before taking office. private photos of her and the staffer leaked online by a conservative blog. hill soon admitting to the relationship, calling it inappropriate. without objection. in thursday s speech, hill apologized to constituents. to those who felt like i gave them hope, in one of the darkest times in our nation s history, i m sorry. to my family, my friends, my staff, my colleagues, my
alleging she and her husband had a relationship with an unknown female campaign staffer. she apologized to her supporters but said the forces that led her to leave congress are larger than she is. i am leaving now because of a double standard. i am leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. i m leaving because i didn t want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used by shameless operatives for the dirtiest gutter politics that i ve ever seen. i m leaving but we have men who have been credibly accused of intentional acts of sexual violence and remain in boardrooms on the supreme court in this very body and worst of all in the oval office. so the fight goes on to create the change that every woman and girl in this country deserves. let s discuss now. alice stewart, karen phinney, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. karen, you first. it was an emotional moment. what do you think about it?
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