Freshman Rep. Katie Hill, one of the first openly bisexual members of Congress, has announced her resignation following allegations of sexual relationships with members of her staff while in office and on her campaign trail.
Compromising photos of Hill and a female staffer were also published by the conservative website Red State. Hill says her estranged husband, Kenny Heslep, gave the site the pictures. Heslep also alleged Hill had a sexual relationship with a male congressional staffer — a claim Hill strongly denies.
“It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community and our country,” Hill wrote in a letter.
She added:
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“This is what needs to happen so that the good people who supported me will no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of hateful political operatives who seem to happily provide a platform to a monster who is driving a smear campaign built around cyber exploitation.”
Nancy Pelosi, who had named Hill vice chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said she was making the right decision.
“[Hill] has acknowledged errors in judgment that made her continued service as a member untenable,” Pelosi said. “We must ensure a climate of integrity and dignity in the Congress, and in all workplaces.”
Hill called the publication of the photos an “appalling invasion of my privacy.”
“It is also illegal, and we are currently pursuing all of our available legal options,” she added in her letter. “However, I know that as long as I am in Congress, we’ll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt.”
While she did not mention an exact resignation date, Politico reports she could step down as early as November 1.
JaredMacBride
Three consenting adults had sex. This happens every day. But because one of them is/was a member of Congress it becomes a national crisis. Only the the re-Puritanized America.
CarrieV
If the genders were reversed here the narrative would be “Tacky, Vengeful Btch Ex-wife Spitefully Shares Her Ex’s Private Photos”. But if a woman dares to do something that duh menz don’t approve of, then she must be burned at the political stake and lose everything. A man just gives a half-*ssed mea culpa to a camera and keeps collecting his checks.
tRump got caught banging an adult starlet, and he was hailed as “DonJuanald” by Conservatives.
Kieran
Katie Hill … wow.
Reading through these stories, seeing the photos and now reading her tweets what other conclusion can one come to other than this woman is just a hot mess. Just read a tweet she sent in 2017 about men who had been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior as a means to push for more women in leadership. And then after the other shoe dropped (naked with a bong, questionable tats?) I took a gander at her timeline and yup, she was front and center last year attacking Brett Kavanaugh.
Calling him a serial predator, among other things.
Someone might want to get this broad a mirror.
Vince
Yeah, that’s totally equal. A consensual sexual relationship vs rape. Only in very warped mind.
youarederanged
@Vince what rape?
inbama
If only she were a Republican, she could have stuck it out like David Vitter.