Christine Pelosi, the daughter of U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out about sexual misconduct.
Her mom faced criticism for her slow response to sexual allegations among colleagues. Christine said “everybody here knows we have rapists in this building.”
She talked about the ongoing sexual misconduct problem at Capitol Hill. The problem was around for a while, but was usually dealt with privately.
That had since changed now with many politicians being accused. The recent surge in allegations was the highest ever known in such a short time span.
A Democrat candidate used sexual allegations as a tool. She ran an ad encouraging persons to vote for her because they wouldn’t be assaulted under her.
Christine Pelosi
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher and Christine Pelosi had it out on twitter. She was responding to statements made by Pelosi.
Fletcher wrote “as someone who works in the Capitol, I had NEVER heard that there are rapists in the building.”
Pelosi responded “we have. That you don’t know illustrates the problem: women do not trust the legislature to protect them.”
It was reported that multiple women complained of being harassed by colleagues and their bosses.
Samantha Corbin organized the campaign and was a lobbyist. “It’s easy to disregard the allegations you don’t want to believe,” she said.
