Alleged misconduct and consequences

Get them all; no matter the party!!

There's only a few hundred seats in Congress out of 350 million people and we somehow manage to get the absolute most depraved disgusting pedophiles, rapists, criminals and bigots into these limited positions.

How long has he been in office? Does he qualify for a Congressional pension if he resigns?

Says the man who missed way too many votes in Congress as he campaigned for governor. 🤦🏻‍♀️

That's what happens when it's a Dem. They don't stand for that shit, unlike the corrupt serial assaulters on the other side of the aisle.

Why they resign? Party forces them to. Allegations are ammo used distract. If there's meat to the allegations, it doesn't affect Justice starting a criminal investigation or civil lawsuits from being filed. Al Franken was shamed by his party into resigning for a nothing burger & a big Dem loss.

A decent number of "dems" need to be getting those same prosecutions, and even if they didn't the dem party is absolutely spineless to the core. If it happens can we really hope it is from them?

“I am proud of how the Democrats immediately castigated Bob Menendez and Eric adams” - a big dumb fucking liar

My question is this, has he either directly or indirectly donated to any of your campaigns. If he has, I feel this colors your endorsement in a negative light. If not, will you publicly state that you will not receive any donations from him, directly or indirectly, in the future.

Sleazy congressman has sleazy timeshare billionaire patron.

Great to know that Dem's are planning to move for his expulsion, too.

If Dem leadership and their rich donors wanted this problem taken care of, it would have been before midterms of 2022. It wasn't. Donald "34 felonies" Trump remained free to run again under the watch of Democrat leadership. Those in power are incompetent or accomplices at this stage. 🙈

And yet, as usual, Republicans will apparently get a win out of it because their own Rep Tony Gonzalez will now be allowed to stay on in Congress and face no consequences for similar abuses. As always. And nobody in the GOP or the corporate media will even care about the hypocrisy.

sounds like a few other republicans in #MAGA government also need to 'resign' or be removed as well

Two in one day?!?!?!? I’m opening a bottle of wine.

Ah, the “no u” argument. A classic! YOU want to direct attention away from the predator with a (D) one with an (R) - a man whose cult wouldn’t care if he SA’d a woman on live TV. I’m right about ousting, too. Barring a historic flip in Nov or Rs abandoning him, natural causes is the only option.

The only times you mention the victims is to cast doubt on their accusations but there's too much evidence to suggest ulterior motives. It's an unquestionably good thing this information came out before the democratic primary because we do not want a sexual predator as our nominee for CA governor.

One has to wonder how much of the abuse of power for prurient purposes is going on in Congress. There should be a course that young women should take before working on the Hill. It would include how to spot a predator boss, how to effectively refuse advances, and how to report any advances.

Two congressman announced resignations today because they can’t restrain themselves from harassing their staffers?

Good riddance to two congressmen that needed to go. The behavior was unacceptable. If it's proven to be anything other than the truth later on they can always try again or get back into politics some other way. This is not something that needs to be part of the public discourse instead of real stuff

Do Congressmen keep their perks if they resign rather than being expelled?

Only after the Dem resigned. Fuck the GOP.

Because people were screaming for him to resign and not thinking of the consequences. This is why Dems don’t get to ‘play dirty’ like Rs do.

Guilty until proven innocent has cost California women a real defender and supporter. He said he'll fight the accusations but I would bet the house they'll just drift away because the goal has been attained.

I don’t understand the arrogance of it. In this day & age where social media exposes everything. And if leadership Dems knew or had heard rumors, they should have absolutely stopped supporting this scumbag a long time ago. Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire.

Resign from congress? Lose his race for governor? Wtf dude needs to be in cuffs and on trial

Agreed. Now would be a good time for a group resignation letter from all the predators and abusers in the Congress.

Compare this to Al Franken, who said, "I'd like an investigation, please" and Biden/Gillibrand called him and were like "We won't be doing an investigation--either resign by the end of the day or we're kicking you out." (Especially given the way Biden treated Anita Hill back in the day.)

Good to see a slight reduction in the number of sex offenders holding office.

You should urge Trump to resign because allegations were made against him. Apparently nobody needs proof unless you are a republican! #ResignTrump

And republicans in Congress are investigating Eric while leaving a convicted Texas sexual abuser keep serving! Real fair, eh?

Yeah, like when we forced Al Frankin, once of the best Senators we've EVER had, to resign for no reason...great, Dems are great...at being idiots.

Good, because the left has morals! The clear evidence reported were dick pics, requests for nude pics, blow jobs, and sex with staffers is all we need to know that you do not represent anyone’s interests in Congress. As for the rape allegations, based on your actions, I believe the women.

You dont have to vote for him, hes running against 3 other Democrats.

Yeah but he’s not actually taking ANY responsibility. He just knows he’s fucked, and hopes to get out of the limelight, while couching it as for the greater good. Meanwhile, dems lose a seat, which would not have been lost if he HAD JUST BEHAVED HIMSELF. JFC

Add a fuck anyone that supports any sexual predator. How the dems handled this is night and day different than gop has.

And someone who is a long-term sex pest no doubt has some effed up story they tell themselves about it, so what a normal person would think about having done those things doesn't mean so much, because normal people aren't sex pests or gubernatorial candidates.

Interesting this charge is led by fox and two of the accusers are former republican political content creators that switched to the democratic party right before they came forward with these accusations.

Funny Tepublicans are prompt to ask for resignations when it's a Democrat being accused , but stay silent and say nothing when it's a Republican being accused! Odd isn't it?

We don't need to break out the "4D chess" explanation for everything. He's cooked and he knows it and he resigned, as people in his party called on him to do. It's probably about not wanting to stick around in a losing proposition, not about depriving house leadership of some weird deal possibility.

Seriously? I was wondering if Republicans were gonna keep up that expulsion energy for their own sex pest. But he did it for them.

The difference between the parties is that the Dem sleazeballs resign and the GOP sleazeballs stick around to support their sleazeball president.

I'm disgusted that he ran for governor thinking he could get away with this. But when he was going after Trump, I didn't see a lot of backup from Dems, and I thought that was strange. Arrogant and entitled, and he is a major disapointment. Meanwhile, Trump has done so much worse. Get the hook!

It had to happen. Let's see who else needs to leave Congress for crimes against staffers. Kick them all out. It's wrong, no matter who does it. Wrong. No excuses.

They are NOT republicans. They are CULT members. 🤦‍♂️ ALL republicans retired or were forced out. They will NOT hold their own accountable. They will NEVER go against the leader, no matter how much or how bad the evidence is. 🤷‍♂️ 😎🖖

Another quick to judge. Al Franken. I hope these women who made these claims without proof and no prior reporting are happy with their choice. Must stand by victims regardless how they handled it which makes ppl skeptical

Democrats care if our elected officials are sexual predators. Republicans don’t care. It’s one of the millions of reasons I’m a Democrat. We hold people to a higher standard.

I think some of the other candidates had that worry about him dropping his gubernatorial bid and seeking his seat again if he failed to gain traction before the March 6 filing deadline. One of them ran for his seat when he ran for president then had to bow out. I would've stayed in regardless.

Crazy. Glad there's accountability but would rather have reps that don't assault and take advantage of women. Maybe a sign we need more strong women in these roles.

Democrats were aware of this going back to 2017, but the need for a resignation was immediate? Doesn’t make much sense. Just looks like a poorly run party.

I am glad to see it and hope the three other House members with substantive allegations also resign or are removed.

Swear to gods it just flat pisses me off, the arrogance of people thinking they can run for a major political office in a crowded primary with literally STACKS of skeletons in their closet & an active sleaze life going on. Like, WTF, dude? Did you think no one would TELL? 😑

"our guy resigned so now yours should too"? Either that or he didn't want "expelled from Congress" to be on his wiki page

I am disappointed and disgusted. That he is speedily exiting his campaign and Congressional seat suggeats that the accusations are true, but I've never heard anything like this about him before. Were all the Democrats - the ones who are so anxious to jettison him now - keeping it a secret?

I liked him. Something stinks about this whole thing. How come no Republican has to resign or even get into any trouble but the democrats do? If he did sexually assault her then yes he should resign but Trump has been proven in court he sexually assaulted E Jean & look where he’s at? Pisses me off

What am I supposed to get informed about? Every time anyone online talks about him it's in very broad generic terms about how great he is and how Dems need his audience or some such thing. I see nothing of substance.

Republicans also threaten and target the accusers.

Are you seriously trying to deflect with whataboutism? That's the Republican play book. "You accuse Trump of sexual misconduct? What about Bill Clinton?" Democrats are supposed to be better and condemn sexual abusers regardless of party affiliation. Be better!

Yes, but he's only quitting to avoid being thrown out. He doesn't want it to disruption his bid for Governor.

Okay, technically it is accurate that they "regretted forcing him out." But that phrasing is ambiguous -- Duckworth, for example, wishes they'd handled the process differently, which is not at all the same as wishing he hadn't been forced out. And that is mostly Senate brain.

I believe the Dems should push for expulsion, to not do so would be malpractice.

For Pete’s sake! If I had a dollar for EVERY member of the House & Senate who had skeletons in the closet I could have retired VERY WEALTHY! How many members have flirted with 14 year old girls, did sexual innuendo with staffers! Right up to Donald Trump bragging he can kiss anyone & grab the “P”!

Good start. Now do all of the rest of the predators. That'll clean House (and Senate) but good.

You give the rapist credit for resigning right before he was about to be expelled… and the two Republican rapists with him?! SERIOUSLY?!?!

I hope the dems will vigorously push for his resignation- after all, his former staffer is dead. And they should make it clear to voters that dems own their own mistakes, most of the time. Be loud!

100%. I remember how sad I was when Franken resigned. It was the right thing to do, but I was very bummed out.

He brought it on himself, just as Al Franken did before him. I hope you're not suggesting we look the other way at corruption from Democratic politicians.

His actions have ruined his political future, his family’s cohesion, and most importantly the lives of every woman he attacked. There is nothing he can do to make this right, but holding him accountable is a start. California, be thankful these women were brave enough to speak.

Disappointed in him. Dems don’t defend rapists.

His constituents who elected him should be entitled to due process before their representative is summarily removed. Democracy. He also won the election and is entitled to a process before being removed. In FL Gov DeSantis removed two progressive prosecutors, depriving those jurisdictions....

Expelling him from Congress without due process. In some ways, Democrats are a lot like MAGA.