IndyStar: Rally to support accusers of Curtis Hill for drunken groping at a party after the end of the legislative session.
What we know about the allegations against Attorney General Curtis Hill
Married with children: Family values, amirite?
Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon and at least three others accused him of inappropriately touching them during a party on the final night of the legislative session.
An eight-page memo disclosed by IndyStar that summarizes interviews with six women who attended the party detailed the allegations, including back rubs, buttocks groping and hugs. Several of the women also said they heard Hill tell women they needed to "show a little skin" to receive faster service.
Other accusers:
- Niki DaSilva
- Gabrielle McLemore
- and more not yet publicly identified
Indiana governor, legislative leaders call for AG to resign
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and the two GOP Statehouse leaders [GOP Senate leader David Long and Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma] on Thursday called for Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid what they called credible claims that Hill drunkenly groped four women, including a lawmaker, at an Indianapolis bar.
Hill is following the established IOKIYAR Trump playbook.
It’s clear that the integrity of this investigation is compromised,” Hill said. “The various stories appear to be coordinated and changed under the direction of others. We believe these emails could be material to an investigation. We would hope that any emails sent on state equipment between the accuser and others be preserved and not deleted.”
Hill also opposes some of Holcomb's initiatives, including expanded needle exchanges to reduce the spread of infectious disease among drug users and a law legalizing the use of a cannabis-derived medicine [CBD oil] that can reduce seizures but won't get you high.
So: Good news for Joe Donnelly and other Indiana Dems? Bear in mind that the national gender gap is now about 33%.
That could be interpreted to give Democrats a 16 point edge in November, when Indiana has only a 9% partisan lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, down from 12% when Joe Donnelly was first elected to the Senate over Richard "Rape babies are God's will" Mourdock, and Mourdock ran that far behind Mike Pence.
It has been suggested that large numbers of Republican women who used to think that their votes couldn't endanger Roe v. Wade are waking up to a new reality, that their votes for Senators are critical. Such women are also obviously affected by #MeToo, caged children, and other issues, and many aren't going to let men tell them how to vote this time.
#NotAllRepublicans, obviously, in either direction. /s
Discuss.
In other Indiana news, Cleanup of Pence family gas stations cost Indiana more than $20 million
Also, I was at the Bartholomew County Democratic Party pavilion at the county fair yesterday. In previous years we were badly outnumbered by Republicans. This year we had the crowds, and apparently their side was too embarrassed to be seen at public at their tent.