Remember how Georgia state Rep. Earl Ehrhart adopted a crusade to make it even harder to hold campus rapists accountable? And then he tried to push a bill for a vote on the last day of Georgia’s session after it was already defeated earlier?
Well, I’m sure it’ll shock you to learn he and his pro-rape cronies spent time—as literal representatives of the government on taxpayer dime—to mock, demean, and ridicule a campus rape survivor.
Survivor and law student Grace Starling wrote about these heinous acts at myAJC:
“Spoiled child who doesn’t know how to behave”
“Snowflake who needs a safe space”
“Could you grow up?”
“Trigger somewhere else”
“Utilizing a victim’s status”
Based on these comments said about me or to me, you might assume I was on a playground and not in the Georgia Capitol. You’d be wrong. According to state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, and supporters of his ill-conceived campus rape bill, I am a spoiled child who doesn’t know how to behave.
I don’t understand why Rep. Ehrhart is such a childish jerk about it. I suppose if he was actually pursuing a good cause he wouldn’t have to resort to attacking a 23-year-old woman.
After a recent hearing, Ehrhart told an advocate I was “a spoiled child who doesn’t know how to behave.” To that I say, “consider the source” as Ehrhart advised students at a recorded event at Emory University on March 22, the night before the Senate Judiciary Committee vote, when he was asked about the issue of his name-calling.
The next day, after the Senate tabled HB 51, I approached Ehrhart and put out my hand. He looked at me and then at my hand, but he did not move. I asked to shake hands. He took my hand, squeezed it, and said, “Could you grow up?” Then, he walked away in anger, and I laughed to myself because I realized age does not equate to maturity, even with elected officials.
Ms. Starling seems like a badass and I am glad she is able and willing to stand up against these bullies on the government payroll.
If you REALLY want to rage, watch this clip of Ehrhart saying being “falsely accused” is just as traumatizing as being sexually assaulted.