The halls of Congress are filled with wide-eyed young people who are excited and honored to serve in that exalted place. Throughout 2014, while I was working on Capitol Hill for Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), I was berated, punched and sexually harassed by Esty’s then-chief of staff, Tony Baker, whom I had dated before he became my boss. I am sharing my story now because there is a problem in Congress, and something must be done. And that a commitment to decency in Congress is upheld, in the end, by the better angels of our nature. Editor’s note: According to Andrew Ricci, a friend to whom Tony Baker has referred media inquiries, Baker disputes that he hit Kain.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2018 19:40 UTC