>>> CALIFORNIA FRESHMAN DEMOCRAT KATIE HILL HAS ANNOUNCED SHE IS
RESIGNING FROM CONGRESS.
THE REASON ARE COMPLICATED AND
UNNERVING.
UNNERVING. LAST WEEK THE HOUSE HE THINK IGS
COMMITTEE INITIATED AN
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF AN
ALLEGATION THAT SHE HAD A
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A
CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER.
CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER. SHE HAS DENIED THE ALLEGATION.
SHE HAS ADMITTED TO A ROMANTIC
OFFICIAL WITH A CAMPAIGN
STAFFER.
STAFFER. THE REASON THAT WE KNOW ALL OF
THIS, IS REASON THIS HAS COME TO
A HEAD, IS THAT SHE’S IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCE
FROM HER HUSBAND WHO SHE LANGS
WAS BOTH ABUSIVE TO HER AND THE
SOURCE OF THE IMAGES OF HER.
THE INTIMATE IMAGES OF HER THAT
HAVE BEEN POSTED TO SEVERAL
SITES WHICH HILL NOTES IS
ILLEGAL.
ILLEGAL. >> I WILL FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT
NO ONE ELSE HAS TO LIVE THROUGH
WHAT I JUST EXPERIENCED.
SOME PEOPLE CALL THIS ELECTRONIC
ASSAULT DIGITAL EXPLOITATION.
OTHERS CALL IT REVENGE PORN.
AS THE VICTIM OF IT, I CALL IT
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS WE CAN
DO TO OUR SISTERS AND OUR
DAUGHTERS.
DAUGHTERS. I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU WHO
HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THIS IN
RECENT DAYS.
RECENT DAYS. AS I HAVE BEFORE, I WILL STAND
UP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT STAND UP
FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE THERE’S
ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE.
I WILL NOT ALLOW MY EXPERIENCE
TO SCARE OFF OTHER YOUNG WOMEN
OR GIRLS FROM RUNNING FOR
OFFICE.
OFFICE. FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF US, WE
CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
>> THE REALITY IS THIS APPEARS
TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FORCED
KATIE HILL, NOW SOMEONE WHO HAS
STUDIED AMERICAN OPINION AND
AMERICAN POLITICS.
AMERICAN POLITICS. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH
STAFFERS.
STAFFERS. SHE’S DENIED THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE STAFF IN CONGRESS AND
SHE ACKNOWLEDGED ONE OF THE
CAMPAIGN STAFFERS.
CAMPAIGN STAFFERS. SO PUTTING ASIDE THAT IS NOT
GREAT AND PROBLEM ATTIC AND
MAYBE THERE’S MORE OF THAT.
BUT IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE THE BAD
GUYS WON HERE, TO OVERSIMPLIFY.
>> I PUT IT AT THE FEET OF
CERTAIN JOURNALISTIC OUTLETS.
YEAH.
YEAH. JOURNALISTS WHO PUBLISHED THESE
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS. THIS IS A FORM OF TECHNOLOGICAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SOME WAYS.
ESPECIALLY IF THE SOON TO BE
EX-HUSBAND IS BEHIND THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE’S PERSISTENT
GENDER BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE.
YOU CAN ASK ALMOST EVERY SINGLE
WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
WORKPLACE.
WORKPLACE. AND WE KNOW THERE IS SOME
SERIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOW
WOMEN AND MEN ARE TREATED.
IN THE HOUSE, AS OF JANUARY
2019, THERE ARE 102 WOMEN OUT OF
435.
435. THE LARGEST CLASS EVER.
25 SENATORS OUT OF 100.
THE LARGEST CLASS EVER.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
FOR GENDER PARITY ON A WHOLE
HOST OF LEVELS SO THIS IS YET
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WE’VE SEEN MEN TIME AND TIME
AGAIN RIDE THIS OUT.
WE HAVE MEN IN HER OWN STATE WHO
ARE WAITING TO SEE IF IT PASSES
OVER.
OVER. THEY DIDN’T RESIGN.
I’M THINKING OF DUNCAN HUNTER.
NEWTON LEVOY GINGRICH WHO HAD
MULTIPLE AFFAIRS ON HIS FIRST
WIFE AND MULTIPLE AFFAIRS WITH
HIS SECOND WIFE.
BOTH WITH STAFFERS AND CAMPAIGN
AIDES.
AIDES. SO THESE ARE WAYS THAT MEN IN SO
MANY WAYS GET A PASS BY THE
PRESS, THEY GET A PRESS BY THEIR
COLLEAGUES, A PASS BY THEIR
PARTY, AND I KNOW WITH KATIE
HILL, WE’RE DEALING WITH
MULTIPLE ISSUES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
ETHICALLY AND ALSO LEGALLY.
BUT SOMETHING DOESN’T SIT RIGHT
WITH A LOT OF DEMOCRATS AND
SOMETHING DOESN’T SIT RIGHT WITH
A LOT OF WOMEN THIS EVENING WITH
HOW THIS ALL SHAKES OUT.
>> MATT GATES WHO IS A VERY
CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF CONGRESS
AND VERY POLARIZING FIGURE
DEFENDED HER A FEW DAYS AGO.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD SAY FOR
APPLES TO APPLES, A REPUBLICAN
WHO DID HAVE PICTURES POSTED OF
HIM AND HE IS NOT RETIRING.
I FELT IT WAS MESSED UP.
WE SHOULD SAY, RED STATE AND
DAILY MAIL THE TWO THAT
PUBLISHED THIS.
PUBLISHED THIS. THAT IS UTTERLY INDEFENSIBLE.
YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN A CRIME.
A STATUTORY VIOLATION.
>> NOT JUST COMPLICIT.
YOU ARE MAKING IT A STORY.
>> THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN BE GET
AROUND.
AROUND. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S NOT
APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
OTHER PART THAT WE SHOULD BE
ADDRESSING.
ADDRESSING. >> YOU CAN ALSO REPORT ON THAT
WITHOUT POSTING THE IMAGES WHICH
IS PART OF IT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT
WAS A GREAT POINT TODAY, KATIE
HILL IS AROUND 34.
>> 32.
>> 32. >> 32.
>> 32. THERE’S AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF
AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING
SELFIES AND IMAGES OF THEMSELVES
IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS, IN PARTIES
OR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS,
CONSENDING ADULTS.
CONSENDING ADULTS. LIKE THERE’S GOING TO BE A
GENERATION OF MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND POLITICIANS WHERE
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF IMAGES
AROUND.
AROUND. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE AS
A SOCIETY IF WE’LL LET THAT BE A
PERMANENT SOURCE OF BLACKMAIL
THAT EVERY PERSON WHO HAS A
GRUDGE OUT FOR YOU THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE, THAT YOU DATED IN
COULD GO AND THEN YOU GO ON TO
BE A DEMOCRAT AND THEIR
REPUBLICAN WILL BRING YOU DOWN
WITH IT.
WITH IT. >> THESE ARE REAL QUESTIONS WE
TALK ABOUT WITH MY STUDENTS.
THEY ARE A GENERATION, TO BE ON
THEIR PHONE AND SHARE PICTURES
WITH SOMETIMES STRANGERS IS A
NORMAL PROCESS.
NORMAL PROCESS. GARY HART CALLED THE MONKEY
BUSINESS, HE’S BEEN DOING MONKEY
BUSINESS, WITH BILL CLINTON WITH
PHONE CALLS BEFORE HE BECAME THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WITH ANTHONY WEINER ON TWITTER.
AND NOW WE SEE RUNNING TO THE,
IT’S NOT EVEN THE EXTREME.
WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS
BEYOND THIS GOING FORWARD.