Diana DeGette tells MSNBC she was groped in Congress by a former congressman

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From http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/20/diana-degette-tells-msnbc-groped-in-congress-by-former-congressman/


U. S. Rep. Diana Degette talks with the media before the Colorado Democratic watch party at the Sheraton in Denver, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012.

Diana DeGette tells MSNBC she was groped in Congress by a former congressman
Denver Democrat says she was groped by Bob Filner, who later resigned as San Diego mayor over a sexual harassment scandal
By MARK K. MATTHEWS | [e-mail] | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2017 at 4:54 pm | UPDATED: November 21, 2017 at 12:21 am

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said Monday that she is among the many women who have been sexually harassed while serving in Congress — telling MSNBC that former U.S. Rep. Bob Filner of California groped her while the two Democrats were in an elevator.

“Some years ago, I was in an elevator and then-Congressman Bob Filner tried to pin me to the door of the elevator and kiss me and I pushed him away,” said the Denver lawmaker in an on-air interview.

She noted the incident fit a broader pattern in Filner’s career, as he resigned as mayor of San Diego in 2013 following similar accusations of sexual harassment.

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1. Filner is a pig.

Ask women in San Diego about him.
He was our first Dem mayor in a long time and he totally fucked that up by his serial groping.
Now we're stuck with another do-nothing repug mayor.