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Congress candidate files police report against former Democratic ally who ‘Harvey Weinsteined’ her
Politico ^ | 1031/17 | Marc Caputo

Posted on 11/01/2017 11:56:07 AM PDT by Brilliant

A Florida congressional candidate told POLITICO that she decided Tuesday to file a police complaint against a former Democratic ally after three other women echoed her sexual harassment complaints about him.

Rafael Velasquez has vehemently denied the charges... and has speculated that she’s trying to gain attention for her campaign for Florida’s 27th congressional district.

But Velasquez’s own party is turning its back on him by withdrawing its support and calling on him to quit his campaign for the city commission. His entire campaign team quit Tuesday, a week before the election...

“He can call me a liar all he wants, but other women are coming forward,” said Rosen Gonzalez... She pointed out that she backed Velasquez...

After Velasquez denied the account and questioned her motives and the timing of her complaint, a public relations professional named Frances Albán then came forward Monday and said Velasquez “groped” her by squeezing her backside while taking a photo. He then sent her text messages, accompanied with emojis of purple devils, telling her how sexy she was. Velasquez, a married father with two children, denied her account but acknowledged sending the text messages.

“I was complimenting her,” he said. “I thought we were friends … What these people are saying are lies.”...

“She is making no sense,” Velasquez said. “She is crazy...”

“I was ‘Harvey Weinsteined’ by Rafael Velasquez,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: sexualharassment
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1 posted on 11/01/2017 11:56:07 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

The gift that keeps on giving. And Harvey Weinstein is now a verb.


2 posted on 11/01/2017 11:57:44 AM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: Brilliant

Mike Pence is looking wiser and wiser every day.


3 posted on 11/01/2017 11:58:14 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Brilliant

This is turning into a cannibal parade.


4 posted on 11/01/2017 11:59:23 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: proust

I can’t help but think this leftist-Democrat circular firing squad is due to Trump.

Simply put, he has emboldened people to speak out, and not be politically correct - on all sides of the political spectrum. Leftists think they are “rebelling” but they are really just acting out contradictions within their own positions, and within their factions.


5 posted on 11/01/2017 12:05:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: circlecity
Mike Pence is looking wiser and wiser every day.

It's one thing to go the Pence route voluntarily out of respect for your wife.

It's another thing to be forced to make sure you are never alone with a female to protect yourself from sexual harassment charges.
6 posted on 11/01/2017 12:10:06 PM PDT by caligatrux (Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
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To: Brilliant

Funny, I’ve never heard of a man complaining he was “lewinskied.”


7 posted on 11/01/2017 12:14:35 PM PDT by budj (Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: caligatrux
"It's one thing to go the Pence route voluntarily out of respect for your wife. It's another thing to be forced to make sure you are never alone with a female to protect yourself from sexual harassment charges."

I think it's for both of these reason and also to avoid temptation. That would explain why he said he doesn't drink alcohol at functions that include women.

8 posted on 11/01/2017 12:16:26 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

My point was more that Pence has a personal policy that he has voluntarily made for himself (which I respect).

The way the current climate is going, men will be forced to ensure they are never around women, and never communicate them in any way, in order to avoid a witchhunt 15 years later.


9 posted on 11/01/2017 12:20:28 PM PDT by caligatrux (Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
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To: proust
The gift that keeps on giving. And Harvey Weinstein is now a verb.

Twitter is AWESOME these days as the Leftard Trump-hating sexpigs are exposed, one by one...

10 posted on 11/01/2017 9:35:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: caligatrux
The way the current climate is going, men will be forced to ensure they are never around women, and never communicate them in any way, in order to avoid a witchhunt 15 years later.

What's amusing is how this plays against the sexist attitudes of Islam.

Granted the American Left power brokers are pigs - but when the Muzzies are in charge, these special snowflake women are going to be so much "meat" in the halal sex smorgasbord...

11 posted on 11/01/2017 9:50:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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