Democrats may lose Katie Hill’s former House seat after ‘throuple’ sex scandal resignation
DEMOCRATS fear they may lose Katie Hill's former House seat after the congresswoman's 'throuple' sex scandal resignation.
Today, voters in suburban Los Angeles, Calif., are to fill a small but significant vacant seat once held by Ms Hill and one of which Republicans hope to pick up.
Los Angeles County added the last-minute polling place in the Democrat-heavy area — even though Gov. Gavin Newsom had restricted the contest to mostly mail-in balloting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump called the election “rigged” in a string of tweets supporting Republican Mike Garcia.
Former Navy fighter pilot Garcia could turn the tables in the Southern California district formerly held by
It would be the first time in two decades that the GOP has regained a congressional seat from the Democratic Party.
Trump kicked off on Twitter Saturday by alleging that Democrats have somehow rigged the election but provided no evidence to back his claims.
He wrote: “The Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State,” Trump complained Saturday.
“They are trying to steal another election…SCAM!”
Early returns show the election trending Garcia’s way, Politico reported Friday.
About 44 percent of the ballots that have been received came from Republican voters, with just 36 percent coming from Democrats in the district.
Newsom announced Friday that California will mail ballots to all of the state‘s 20 million voters for November’s presidential election — despite sharp criticism from Republicans.
Hill flipped California’s 25th district, a Republican stronghold for decades, in 2018’s “blue wave” election that swept the Democrats into power in the House of Representatives.
But she was forced out in October when scandalous photos revealed her “throuple” relationship with her husband and a younger female staffer.
SCANDAL
Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill resigned after finding herself at the
Leaked pictures of Hill emerged in October 2019 one day after the 32-year-old became the subject of a House ethics investigation into allegations that she bedded two young legislative staffers, one male and one female.
One of the images appears to show the congresswoman nude with a "bong" filled with a brown liquid and an Iron Cross style tattoo on her midriff.
Another image appears to show the congresswoman, 32, kissing a female staffer, who has since been identified as 24-year-old Morgan Desjardins.
Hill said Kenneth Heslep, her husband who she described as abusive, as part of a smear campaign.
After the images were released, Hill's lawyer sent out a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail, demanding it take down the images as this was an "invasion of privacy."
The Daily Mail reported that Hill and estranged husband, Kenny Heslep, were in a polyamorous three-way relationship with Desjardin for more than a year.
On October 31, Hill gave her final speech on the House floor.
She said: "I wasn’t ready for my time here to come to an end so soon. It’s a reality I’m still grappling with.
“I am leaving because there’s only one investigation that deserves the attention of this country, and that’s the one that we voted on today.
I am leaving now because of a double standard. I'm leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse."
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