Where does your candidate stand on what was done to Rep. Katie Hill?

[Kaleva]

"Sen. Kamala Harris slammed the slut-shaming of bisexual Rep. Katie Hill, who submitted her resignation from Congress amid accusations of an affair with a House staffer and admission of a relationship with a campaign aide.

“There’s so much that people do about women and their sexuality that’s about shaming them,” Harris told BuzzFeed News....

Harris characterized the attacks as “cyber exploitation” and “pornography.” Harris, as California’s attorney general, was the first in the nation to prosecute a cyber exploitation website posting nude photos of individuals without their consent. She’s filed legislation to make publishing such content a federal crime."

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/10/29/sen-kamala-harris-slams-shaming-katie-hill

[Kaleva]

6. There are several threads in GD about this.

DUers wouldn't talk about this if it didn't affect people IMHO.

[BlueMTexpat]

12. !!!!

Katie Hill isn't a person?

[MrsCoffee]

15. She is talking about women who are more than half the population.

But keep telling yourself they aren’t affected or people.

[Scoopster]

26. Slut shaming doesn't affect people?

Maybe if it happened to you you'd change your tune, friend.

[Andy823]

29. REALLY!

she is talking about a WOMAN who was the victim of revenge porn, that was made into a political issue by some dumb ass republicans who want to get rid of her. Saying this doesn't affect people makes no sense at all.

[stopdiggin]

2. think I can trust my candidate to make up their own mind here

but I guess I'd be kind of disappointed if I thought someone was exploiting the situation for political gain.

[Kaleva]

4. Do you disagree with what Kamala said?

All I asked is where DUer's candidates stand on this and there is no response yet.

[stopdiggin]

24. understood the post

If Harris feels that way about it, that's okay. If she (or you) are using the issue to beat up on somebody else .. not okay. I'm willing to accept a variety of response, or non-response, from the candidates here.

[Kaleva]

25. Nobody is being beat up here.

Just asking if you agree or disagree with what Harris said?

[stopdiggin]

27. not aware of too many people, candidate or otherwise

that are in FAVOR of revenge porn .. so I'm not sure if there is a valid question here. But, for the record, I don't think ex-lovers (or political opponents) should post nude pictures of former partners.

By the same token, there is very little support (or defense) for people in positions of power sleeping with subordinates .. which has been clearly understood and defined as ethical misconduct for many years. So while many may utterly abhor the "slut shaming" and revenge porn .. they also see Hill's resignation as the correct response to her own clear ethical lapses and lack of judgement. In short .. Hill is both victim, and (by most definitions) victimizer here.

Harris chose to make a statement on the subject .. while highlighting part A, and soft-peddling or ignoring part B .. which is fine if that is where she feels the emphasis should be here. And I'm not sure if I see a problem with other candidates who have chosen not to.

[Andy823]

30. Who is your candidate?

[madville]

3. Hill did the right thing by resigning

Having sexual relations with campaign workers and staffers in one’s Congressional office should never be acceptable.

[Kaleva]

5. I think that is your opinion but not Biden's

[madville]

7. It's obvious Democratic leadership told her to resign

Pelosi nipped it fairly quickly, we don’t need the distraction of someone having inappropriate relationships with multiple members of their staff.

[Kaleva]

8. This being the Democratic Primaries forum, I'm asking for how the canidates have responded to this

There maybe candidates who think Hill did the right thing by resigning but I'm unaware of any.

[madville]

9. The primary candidates would be stupid to have an opinion on it

Given the details that have come out. Hill is a nobody nationally, the only reason a presidential primary candidate would bring it up would be to give themselves attention anyway.

[Skittles]

11. I agree

and I cannot remember a time in my life EVER when I thought being photographed nekked while sucking on a bong would be a swell idea. Very poor decision-making here.

[cwydro]

10. I don't think this is really an issue that involves the primaries.

Hill didn’t have to resign, but chose to after being caught out having sex with a subordinate.

No idea what any of my favorite candidates think about it.

[MrsCoffee]

16. But Al Franklin sure was a part of the primary discussions.

GMAFB

[cwydro]

17. No idea what GMAFB means.

I remember Franken coming up in early conversations, and usually only about one candidate.

Been awhile now.

[MrsCoffee]

20. It was part of the conversation from early on.

With comparisons being made between politician’s reactions and actions to the Franken accusations and resignation. The conversation was pretty dominant for months once candidates started announcing.

The two situations are completely different, but both are completely legitimate parts of the conversation.

One big difference though, is that the Hill situation is actually a current event.

[Stuy]

13. I think the punishment was too harsh

She could have been censured.

[cwydro]

18. She wasn't punished.

She resigned on her own.

Read up on it. You’ve been misinformed.

[redqueen]

14. I didn't see any comments from him about her personally. But he did say this

Link to tweet

[Kaleva]

19. That is germane to the issue.

[Skya Rhen]

21. Kamala was endorsed by Katie Hill so they have a connection that the other candidates don't

[Kaleva]

22. But the generic issue of women being the victims of revenge porn and slut shaming applies

[Skya Rhen]

23. Which is why Kamala can be an effective voice on this, along with Katie Hill.

[Jose Garcia]

28. Harris continued employing an aide after the state paid a $400,000

settlement for sexual harrassment. The aide resigned after the press found out.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article222688740.html

[Kaleva]

31. I don't see how that answers the question I posed.

If your preferred candidate Joe Biden has made no comment on the issue regarding former congresswoman Hill, you could have just said that. If he has said something, I'd like to hear it.