That statement pinned the meter.
Or self-harm.
Member of the Freedom Caucus, now I understand why that POS speaker Ryno wanted him to resign.
These guys are a trip. Get caught being slime balls and all of a sudden personal matters cause them to retire
Is asking someone to be a surrogate automatically deemed sexual harassment?
I know a woman who was a surrogate. She seemed quite happy to do it.
He showed poor judgment in taking this to his young staff, now out. Gone either way. Hope wife is okay. At least he already has a couple kids. We had our own challenges but never had to venture to surrogacy.
What is it about Congressman being such shit for brains?
However, if she is truly ill, I can see why she would be. Hubby sounds like a piece of work.
Aide says Franks offered her $ 5 million to carry his child
That statement pinned the meter.
The feelings of absolute debasement of having been asked constantly to be a sex slave have lasted even till today...As I remember it...Is there a statute of limitations for filing a suit?
“Franks said Thursday he would leave next month after it emerged that he discussed surrogate parenthood with two female staffers”
How’s that a problem? Hate to say but I hope there’s more to this than just what’s been said here.
He’s resigning not out of anything that anyone is due more than an apology for, but because the extreme hyperbole of the media has everyone convinced that “guilt” is measured by the “severity of any allegation” and not the veracity of any evidence. It is not due to “guilt” that he resigns, but just to save his family all the extreme negative attention the media will drum up. His resignation is a black mark NOT on his actions, but on the American people and how they have let the media manipulate their opinions.
When has and does the media do this? When doing so serves the political agenda of the parties the media is always aligned with. Yes, don’t be fooled by how the deep state and their media has been outing Liberals lately. They have bigger targets they want that agenda to snare, and its not among their friends.
If his wife was this ill, why didn’t he say so in the first place?
Instead of that surrogate mother stuff? That was creepy.
Some from Arizona are saying there was more to this than how the congressman described it (surrogacy).
What the heck?
The lesson in all these cases: Do not hire females to work in your office, unless they are over 65 years old. Otherwise, they will get you in trouble, especially when it’s the “in” thing to report any real or imagined harassment.
Wonder who will be stupid enough to hire these too “aides” now?
In a true surrogacy the child is biologically the husband and wife's. For some reason, the wife cannot carry a child to term. The doctor harvests eggs from the wife and impregnates them in the lab with hubby's sperm. The doctor then implants fertilized eggs in the surrogate. No sex is involved.
On the other hand, if he said, hey wanna have my baby? That is sexual harassment.
The former is inappropriate in the context of approaching young women who report to him and might form the basis for some kind of employment discrimination claim.
That said, the whole story sounds fishy given the age of husband and wife. Makes me think something was going on we don't yet know about.
It was a miscommunication.
The whole thing has been blown out of proportion.
We are trying to get to the bottom of this.
I am willing to trust in the fairness of the American People.
Mistakes were made.
Eventually I will be exonerated.
I’m taking responsibility for my actions.
I just want to put this thing behind me and get on with my life.
- From comedian George Carlin speech
My work here is done.