Rep. Tim Murphy, popular with pro-life movement, urged abortion in affair, texts suggest

[octoberlib]

A text message sent in January to U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy by a woman with whom he had an extra-marital relationship took him to task for an anti-abortion statement posted on Facebook from his office's public account.

"And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options," Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist in Pittsburgh with whom the congressman admitted last month to having a relationship, wrote to Mr. Murphy on Jan. 25, in the midst of an unfounded pregnancy scare.

A text from Mr. Murphy’s cell phone number that same day in response says, "I get what you say about my March for life messages. I've never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don't write any more. I will."

The congressman has been lauded by the Family Research Council, for his stance on abortion, as well as for family values, generally. He also has been endorsed by LifePAC, which opposes abortion rights, and is a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus, an affiliation that is often cited by his office.


http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2017/10/03/rep-tim-Murphy-pro-life-sought-abortion-affair-shannon-edwards-susan-mosychuk-pennsylvania-chief-of-staff-congress-emails-texts/stories/201710030018

[genxlib]

1. I condemn his hypocrisy

But will still support his right to choose whatever is best for whatever fucked-up situation he is in.

Karma is having to do it in public.

[maxsolomon]

2. IOKIYAR

Not ONCE in that article does it mention that Murphy is a Republican. Not ONCE.

[octoberlib]

4. I didn't even notice that . I knew what he was just from reading the headline but low info

voters....

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. Look Out For #1, Otherwise You'll Step In #2 nt

[Vinca]

5. I'm sure he's not the first or last "pro-lifer" who has done this.

If these people were "pro-life" we'd have gun control and universal medical care.

[brewens]

6. Nothing new. We had Bob Barr R-GA years ago. He wrote a check for his wife's abortion

when they had an inconvenient pregnancy. He claimed she kept it from him and wrote the check herself. So, he was either very irresponsible with his and of course anyone's funds, or he was a freakin' liar! Probably both actually.

[blue neen]

7. Take some time and read the memo in the Post Gazette article.

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Hypocrisy, thy name is Murphy.

[PA Democrat]

8. Holy crap. There were rumors floating around the district that Murphy was having an affair with

his chief of staff Susan Mosychuk. Then in the story there is this gem:

Mr. Murphy said in a Nov. 27 email to Ms. Edwards that he “fell into” a relationship with a woman named “Susan” when his daughter left for college.

“I did not see its toxicity until I was months into it,” he wrote to Ms. Edwards. He said he lacked the confidence to break it off. “I decided on a long term plan to try to stabilize my life abd[sic] extricate myself from that relationship by building my strength in other areas. While I was belittled and berated and while my confidence was at its nadir i decided to do some things to demonstrate my own courage.”

The same chief of staff who in June authored a 6 page memo to Murphy titled “Office Conduct and Behavior: Harassment/Legal Compliance,” detailing an "ongoing and ever more pronounced pattern of sustained inappropriate behavior" from the congressman.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2017/10/03/rep-tim-Murphy-pro-life-sought-abortion-affair-shannon-edwards-susan-mosychuk-pennsylvania-chief-of-staff-congress-emails-texts/stories/201710030018

[octoberlib]

10. The guy must never go home! Murphy's also the co-sponsor of House bill

HR 36 = The 20-week abortion ban the House is about to vote on.

[blue neen]

11. And then he joined the Navy Reserves?

What's up with this guy?

"That is when he decided to join the Navy Reserves, he said."

"According to military records, Mr. Murphy was commissioned on Jan. 1, 2009, and served in the Operational Health Support Unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., from September 2009 until April of this year."

"He submitted his retirement on Sept. 11 and received an honorable discharge dated Sept. 13, records show."

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Oh, and the USN is also doing an investigation

of his affair as it violates UCMJ rules.

I predict Murphy will resign and also lose, or at least be demoted from, his current USNR commission.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Is this Murphy's second extra marital affair?

The PG reported on one a month or so ago that was discovered when the woman and her husband went through divorce proceedings. I wonder how many more we don't know about yet?