'The targeting of Rep. Hill and her subsequent resignation are meant as a warning shot to young women across America: if you run for office and challenge the status quo, we will destroy you, too.' Via CNN
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Conservative media and online trolls have succeeded in driving a US congresswoman from office. But while Rep. Katie Hill's career is the initial casualty of a smear campaign by far right pundits, she isn't their ultimate target -- and sadly, their campaign is far from over. The targeting of Rep. Hill and her subsequent resignation are meant as a warning shot to young women across America: if you run for office and challenge the status quo, we will destroy you, too.
Kendall BrownRep. Katie Hill, D-California, announced her resignation Sunday evening, following the publication of a nude image of Hill by conservative website RedState and an announcement Wednesday that the House Committee on Ethics announced it was opening an investigation into allegations that she engaged in an improper relationship with a House staffer in possible violation of House rules.
House ethics panel opens probe into Rep. Katie Hill 02:49No one could argue that Hill's actions with the campaign staffer demonstrated good judgment, were professional, or even ethical. Having an affair with a subordinate, regardless of where that person works, is wrong. But what has been done to her over the past week -- the nonconsensual release of nude images of herself -- is against the law in many places.
Women sue revenge porn website 01:34In 2011, the infamous Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-New York, accidentally shared an explicit photograph of himself, followed by the publishing of more photos of Weiner by Breitbart, none of which were explicit. Weiner, who was married at the time, admitted to exchanging explicit messages while in office with at least six women, held on to his congressional seat for an additional month, and went on to run for mayor of New York City in 2013.
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