Duluth women demand apology for Mills' Facebook comments

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http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/politics/4078190-duluth-women-demand-apology-mills-facebook-comments

A group is demanding that state Republican congressional candidate Stewart Mills apologize for Facebook comments it says disrespect women.

A dozen women, calling themselves Duluth Women for Decency, gathered in the Rose Garden Wednesday to state their opposition to Mills' comments posted on his personal Facebook page in 2009, 2011 and 2012. Mills sought the 8th Congressional District seat in 2014 and is in a rematch this year against U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, DFL-Crosby.

Mills has deleted the comments, but Duluth resident Tamara Jones said deletion isn't enough and that an apology is necessary from the candidate. Jones said Mills needs to carefully consider whether a candidate who made the comments he did on Facebook should represent a district with more than 300,000 females living in it.

"We are disgusted that Stewart Mills thinks it's OK to joke about battered women. We're disgusted by the fact that Stewart Mills thinks it's OK to objectify women in his private life, but publicly says the exact opposite. We expect more from our elected officials," Jones said.

[mercuryblues]

1. That guy

should not be anywhere near the state house. If he manages to get elected in a few year the tax payers will be ponying up to pay for the sexual harassment complaints against him.

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2. Even worse, he's running for U.S. House.