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(57,014 posts) Mon May 4, 2020, 12:08 AM May 2020

New Hampshire State Rep. Resigns After Graphic Tweet About Tara Reade Allegation

New Hampshire State Rep. Resigns After Graphic Tweet About Tara Reade Allegation

Richard Komi apologized to “anybody whose feelings may have been hurt” by his tweet dismissing Reade’s sexual assault claim against Joe Biden.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-komi-resigns-biden-tara-reade_n_5eaeb712c5b62ee946018dbf

By Hayley Miller

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In his resignation letter to state House Speaker Steve Shurtleff (D), Komi apologized to “anybody whose feelings may have been hurt” by the tweet, The New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

“I am by this email offering my resignation as a member of the New Hampshire House,” Komi reportedly wrote. “I also want to offer my sincere apologies to anybody whose feelings may have been hurt by the tweets.”

He continued:

I am and will continue to be a supporter of victims of sexual and domestic assault. The tweets were very poorly worded and do not reflect who I am and what I stand for. I ask for the forgiveness of all who have been a victim of sexual or any other kind of assault. I in no way excuse my poor judgment on this matter and hope that every one will know that I am truly sorry for my mistakes.

Komi, who endorsed Biden for president in July 2019, faced calls for his resignation from liberal activists and state party leaders, including Shurtleff, following his bizarre defense of Biden in a tweet Friday.

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I read the tweet and I was shocked by it. Anybody who read it can understand why I did not include it.

I'm sorry he had to go, I was hoping there was some way to for him to walk this all back.