Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) said he was retiring on Dec. 5, after facing multiple sexual harassment allegations spanning two decades. (Granted, they are weak and often ineffective, but the principle exists that lawmakers don’t get carte blanche because voters put them there.) After all, the validity of their complaints has never been tested in a legal, open setting. Across racial and ethnic groups there is agreement that recent stories about sexual harassment in the workplace are evidence of a broader societal problem. “Stop the abusers!” sadly now has taken on a partisan meaning, because Democrats are cleaning house and Republicans are letting the wolves in the door.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2017 17:20 UTC