This was right before he was first elected to Congress, which was in 1976. Kildee was 46 or 47 at the time, had been married for over 10 years, and I assume already had the 3 children he had with his wife. If he was running for Congress and clamed he needed a place to stay closer to his campaign HQ or something, it’s not so strange that his cousin and his wife would let him stay in their son’s room in the basement. Whywould they suspect anything?
Which is exactly what makes Kildee a monster if this story is actually true.
Kildee is denying the allegations, and says that the events were from 50 (not 35, as I had assumed) years ago: http://www.freep.com/article/20111120/NEWS07/111120031/U-S-Rep-Dale-Kildee-denies-sex-abuse-says-relatives-tried-blackmail-him?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE So I don’t see what Kildee’s initial congressional run in 1976 had to do with the alleged abuse, as the quote from the article quoted in post #10 implies.