{"id":27661,"date":"2018-01-26T02:28:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27661"},"modified":"2018-01-26T02:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:28:10","slug":"another-one-bites-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27661","title":{"rendered":"Another one bites the dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/meehanpatrick_071317kc_lead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27662\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/meehanpatrick_071317kc_lead-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/meehanpatrick_071317kc_lead-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/meehanpatrick_071317kc_lead.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The number of congressmen being sunk by sex scandal has grown by one more.<\/p>\n<p>The latest lawmaker to bail from the 2018 midterm election is Rep. Pat Meehan, a Pennsylvania Republican. Meehan had been the subject of a lot of chatter about a sexual harassment complaint that a former staffer filed against him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/370818-rep-meehan-will-not-seek-reelection-after-sexual-harassment-backlash\">Meehan said <\/a>he talked it over with his wife and children and decided against seeking another term this year.<\/p>\n<p>So it goes. There have been other members of Congress who have bailed. They include senators and House members of both political parties.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the &#8220;Me Too&#8221; and &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; movements together that have heightened our awareness of this systemic problem.<\/p>\n<p>In Meehan&#8217;s case, there might be other concerns, too, that prompted his decision to forgo another re-election campaign. He represents a congressional district that Hillary Rodham Clinton carried in the 2016 presidential election. Might there have been something <em>other<\/em> than a sexual harassment complaint that came into play?<\/p>\n<p>Some commentators have predicted a thundering herd of politicians heading for the exits as more women come forward with complaints. It appears they are correct.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of congressmen being sunk by sex scandal has grown by one more. The latest lawmaker to bail from the 2018 midterm election is Rep. Pat Meehan, a Pennsylvania Republican. Meehan had been the subject of a lot of chatter about a sexual harassment complaint that a former staffer filed against him. 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