“We have men who have been credibly accused of intentional acts of sexual violence and remain in boardrooms, on the Supreme Court, in this very body and, worst of all, in the Oval Office,” said Katie Hill
Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images California representative Katie Hill resigned on Sunday, 12 days after a right-wing website published intimate photos of her and a campaign staffer taken without her consent. Though Hill acknowledged that the relationship was unethical, she repeatedly emphasized that the publication of the photos was incredibly violating, against the law, and potentially orchestrated by her ex-husband, who she says abused her.
Hill, a freshman Democrat and rising star in the party, opened her remarks by asking for forgiveness from “every little girl” who looked up to her after her groundbreaking congressional run. She said that she had not been able to leave her apartment since conservative website Redstate ran the story that contained explicit images of Hill and the young female staffer, who has remained anonymous.
But most of her comments did not address the alleged wrongdoing against her subordinate, or express remorse beyond the “people I’ve hurt.” Instead, Hill was defiantly critical of what she saw as a combined effort by her ex-husband Kenny Heslep, who she claims was abusive, and the right wing media.
Hill also spoke out against what she described as a double standard between the salacious, sexualized coverage of the allegations against her as a woman, and that of the many high-ranking men accused of abusing their own power.
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