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2. In 1996, I was sexually assaulted by at the Democratic convention in Chicago. I reported it to the Deputy Political Director of the DNC and the Assistant to the Political Director. They both told me to stay quiet or risk never working for Democrats again. #metoo
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3. 20 years later, I sat down on the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia and there he was: the monster, the "Dean" of the Georgia House of Representatives sitting 2 feet in front of me. It took all I had not to choke him. #metoo
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4. I was sexually assaulted by a DNC member at a Democratic convention and then silenced by senior democratic operatives. This is one of the reasons I ran for DNC Chair. One of the reasons I endorsed is because of his zero-tolerance response after hearing my story.
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5. I believe will do what's right but we all have to hold the party accountable. Today, my friend State Representative shared her story of being harassed by , a Democrat running for state treasurer in Colorado:
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9. Let's use this moment to purge the predators from our ranks. And I agree wholeheartedly with : sexism, classism, and ageism are all problems we as Democrats still need to come to grips with and take action against within our party.
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