Today @KatieHill4CA will give her final floor speech. Democrats are shocked and saddened over what happened.
But there’s a clear generational divide over the surrounding circumstances of the scandal and if it’ll have a chilling effect.
W @sarahnferrishttps://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/katie-hill-resignation-splits-democrats-062082 …
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“We cannot adopt an ethic that some bad thing or embarrassing thing that you’ve done, released through the inflamed passions of an ex, somehow impairs your public service or fitness as a candidate,”
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Democratic leaders have not publicly addressed the smear campaign Hill confronted, although Speaker Pelosi told senior Dems it was Hill’s decision along to resign. “Our darling Katie. It's so sad,” Pelosi said in the closed door meeting.
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“It goes to show you, we should say to young candidates, and to kids in kindergarten really, be careful when transmitting photos,” Pelosi added, according to two Dem sources with knowledge of the meeting.
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Huh. I wonder what Matt was thinking about when he said that.


Is there revenge-porn material in the hands of a jilted lover, Matt? FWIW, lad, the problem isn't the photos, it's the affair with a staffer. And you'd NEVER do that. Right?
Right?
Matt?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Wait. Are we absolutely sure this isn’t a
@MattGertz mixup?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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He's just waiting for the rest of his crap to become public and doing a little pre-crisis damage control.
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Hell has officially frozen over and I’ve entered the upside down—I agree with Matt on something. Happy Halloween, y’all.
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