Just a quick post to note that South Carolina 2nd District U.S. House Representative candidate Annabelle Robertson released a statement on the White House’s apparent failure at covering up Rob Porter’s past issues with domestic violence. This is a personal issue to her and I would expect her to fight fiercely in Congress for the support this issue deserves.
Current #SC02 Republican Congressman Joe Wilson was very busy over the past few days looking for some proof that the GOP tax cut is not meant to further transfer more wealth to the 1% at the expense of the poor and elderly, He has been so busy that he has not commented on Rob Porter, John Kelly, or the Trump administration with regard to their handling of Porter’s failure to attain the proper security clearance for his position and the ensuing attempt to cover it up. This should not be surprising that Wilson is not making the time to speak out against domestic violence and stand up for the victims since he has a lengthy track record of taking sides against women who have been abused. I hope every voter in the 2nd District takes a moment to think about what Joe Wilson would say and do if a woman they knew was a victim of domestic violence. Do you think he would fight to protect her? Do you think he would even believe her? Past evidence would suggest the answer to both questions is a resounding no.
Unfortunately, Robertson’s Democratic primary opponent Sean Carrigan has yet to release a statement on the matter. When or if he does, I’ll be happy to post it as well.
FULL ANNABELLE ROBERTSON STATEMENT BELOW:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Democratic Congressional Candidate Blasts GOP Cover-up of White House Aid’s Domestic Abuse
Columbia, SC—Congressional candidate, attorney and domestic abuse survivor Annabelle Robertson blasted the White House for protecting, promoting and praising senior White House aide Rob Porter, after the FBI found credible evidence that Porter was guilty of domestic violence against two former spouses.
“Joe Wilson, who voted against the #ViolenceAgainstWomenAct, and the GOP have once again shown the women of America, and those who love them, that they care nothing about the millions of women being attacked, raped and killed every year by intimate partners,” said Annabelle Robertson.
One in every three women and one in every four men in the U.S. are victims of domestic violence, with costs estimated at $8.3 billion per year. In South Carolina, intimate partners murder women at twice the national average, and each year, South Carolina ranks among the top ten states in the nation with the highest number of domestic violence murders.
The Violence Against Women Act (#VAWA) was originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized since. It provides billions of dollars in federal funding for the prosecution of domestic abusers and rapists. The Act also facilitates the adoption of out-of-state protective orders by adopting states, and has been widely credited with reducing the number of deaths from domestic violence during the past 20 years. An expanded version was passed in 2013 with bipartisan approval. Joe Wilson—who has a 22 percent rating from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for his civil rights record—voted against the re-authorization.
Robertson, a domestic violence survivor and advocate, has made domestic abuse a cornerstone of her Congressional campaign. She has long been an outspoken critic of South Carolina’s lackadaisical domestic violence laws, and Wilson’s refusal to protect female constituents.
“Year after year, male politicians like Joe Wilson show the world that women don’t matter, and don’t deserve the protection of the law—even when domestic violence allegations have been found credible by a federal law enforcement agency such as the FBI. Joe is violating his oath of office and needs to be removed. He won't protect women from domestic abuse,” Robertson said. "So I will."
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