OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers.
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Why, in this day and age would you ever think that this was an intelligent thing to do?
The text, not the renouncing.
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sooner
June 16, 2020, 9:14pm
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Brilliant…f’ing brilliant.
Not that this seat was in any way competitive but it did give the Democrats a photo op for doing the right thing.
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“Our Democratic Party has no tolerance for sexual harassment,” state Democratic Party Chairwoman Jane Kleeb said in a statement.
Of course, deplorable candidates can be found in both parties – but only one of them admits it.
One drives sexual harassers from its midst; the other nominates them for re-election as President.
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cervantes:
“It will probably take three guys,” he wrote.
How many will it take to get Janicek to withdraw from the senate race?
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j.dave
June 16, 2020, 9:24pm
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On the bright side, he’s about to have a lot more time to spend with his cupcakes.
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Sounds like a perfect republican candidate, just needs to swap sides.
Seriously, who in 2020 thinks it’s a good idea to not only do that in the workplace, but put it in writing…
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I cannot fathom how a person could muster the gross stupidity to do this. Yet day after day after day, a legion of nitwits tweet and text themselves into oblivion.
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Alcohol and cell phones are not a good mix.
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imkmu3
June 16, 2020, 9:34pm
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Crawl back under your rock you pathetic excuse for a person.
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He should make some racist and xenophobic comments as well, and who know maybe Republicans vote for him.
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Fine way for a cupcake baker to talk, I must say.
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How do you get the guy to drop out? I am guessing this was not a onetime indiscretion.
Maybe the staffer should run
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imkmu3
June 16, 2020, 9:42pm
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Knowing nothing at all about her, I’d still voter for her.
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Ahh…drunk-texting like it was the 90’s again. Seems a disqualifying factor on judgement on at least 2 levels, and I’m sure I could find more. We’ll leave it to the party to clean this one up I guess…
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sandi
June 16, 2020, 9:46pm
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Poor judgement to say it. Worse this is what he is thinking about when dealing with young women.
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mg
June 16, 2020, 9:52pm
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If he were running in Louisiana or Alabama this would vault him to a huge lead in the polls.