Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Sara Gideon spiked an ethics probe as Maine House Speaker into how she responded to sexual misconduct allegations involving teenage girls made against one of her colleagues in the statehouse.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
The speaker of the Maine House of Representatives rallied Democrats in 2018 to vote against an ethics investigation into how her office dealt with sexual misconduct allegations against Democratic state legislator Dillon Bates. Paula Sutton, the Republican state legislator who called for the ethics probe, said that Gideon’s decision to oppose the investigation demonstrates that Gideon was more concerned about political expediency than protecting children.
“Sara Gideon had an opportunity for full transparency, and she voted it down,” Sutton told the Washington Free Beacon. “They just want to crush the problem, because they’re afraid to deal with it. It’s just a lack of courage—a complete lack of conviction and courage.”
Gideon previously acknowledged that she heard rumors about Bates for months, but called for his resignation only after a news outlet reported about his alleged misconduct. Neither Gideon nor Bates responded to requests for comment.
Bates, a former drama teacher and athletics coach at Maine high schools, allegedly groomed underaged girls to have inappropriate relationships with him, according to an anonymous victim cited by the Bollard, the monthly magazine that first broke the news in August 2018. Gideon demanded Bates’s resignation on the same day the Bollard story ran, and the disgraced legislator resigned two weeks later. While Bates denied the allegations and the state never charged him with a crime, Maine’s Department of Education declined to renew his teaching license due to the allegations.
So, what do you think? Are you surprised Gideon obstinately refused to investigate Bates after he denied the charges? Will these revelations will impact the Senate race in Maine? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Surprise, surprise! Another democrat covering up for her comrades!
About right for democrats. Vandalism and sexual predation are OK with them – Especially their politicians.
Democrats are Democrats, Über Alles.
Hate, Inappropriate sexual relationship, Deceiving, Obfuscating, attacking women, Jews, Muslims, Asian-Americans and African Americans, Prevaricators, Racism, Lying, Ignorance, Bribery, Hypocrisy, Antisemitism, misleading, Plagiarism, Perjurers, Communists agents, all Democrat résumé enhancements.
DemocRATS have zero morals or virtue! What do you expect from pigs!
Typical. If it had been a Republican you would think the world was about to end. They would have the person lynched then burned at the stake. Hypocrisy is alive and well in the Democratic Party. Most of these charges are against Democrats.
Being Pedophiles is pretty much the new normal for any democrat and or hollywood elite nowadays. They all seem to believe it is OK to ruin a childs mind and body for their satisfaction and at their discretion. Sick and twisted people I tell you through and through.
my hate for democrats started with ted Kennedy
It is good to know that those things that are dark are being brought out into the light. Let the good guys win.
More proof of Democratic, politicians and their covering for their comrades, just exactly like the clintons, menendes, pelosi’, cuomo, obama’, obiden, Scandals All….DemonRATs ALL….
no its not the comunist demoncrats are pedofile and they support this kind of acts against the children’s they support sex trafficking of our children’s
THE DEMONCRATS HATE OUR COUNTRY AND THE CHILDRENS REMEMBER THEY ARE THE ONES THEY WANT TO MURDER THE BABY IN MOTHER BALY AND WHEN THE BABY IS BORN THEY WANT THEM KILLED