" Then I hit this sentence about the problems the Democratic caucus in the Virginia legislature is having with one of its members having been convicted of sleeping with his 17 year old receptionist (bolding mine):
“There was a racial undercurrent to some of the arguments made at the meeting, the participants said, given that [Joe] Morrissey and a majority of the General Assembly are white, and the 17-year-old at the heart of his conviction is black, as is a majority of his Richmond-area legislative district.”
…Whoa, whoa, whoa.
She was what?
Are you telling me that a white guy with a history of predating on women got convicted of a sex crime involving his underage, African-American receptionist, and nobody in the media thought to mention that minor fact?
Despite the fact that this is practically textbook behavior for sexual predators in positions of authority?
Feminists should be out there, marching and screaming for this man’s head; Del.
Morrissey is perilously close to being their collective nightmare when it comes to sex and power imbalances.
But apparently the ‘D’ after Joe Morrissey’s name washes away sins.
It certainly helps when you need to obscure key details on a scandal for as long as humanly possible.
Seriously: the fact that this is first I – somebody who actually has been following the story – have heard of this demonstrates, point-blank, that the media fell down on the job.
Again. “And again and again and again and again.”
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