Her plea, comes just days after she was forced to resign from Congress amid accusations she had multiple affairs with staffers. While she denied one of the allegations, she admitted to a single, “throuple” relationship with a female staffer.
Hill pointed the finger at right-wing media for her fate, citing a “double standard” and “misogynistic culture”; saying the images circulating of she and the staffer had been used as blackmail by an abusive ex-husband and allowed to flourish.
“I am leaving now because of a double standard … I’m leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse,” she said, adding that she would “not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office.”
Following this powerful sentiment, Hill took aim at Trump directly on Sunday with a final, parting shot:
“A year from now, we have a chance to show women and girls that we matter. Hopefully, we’ll elect a woman as President — if not, let’s work to make sure a serial sexual predator no longer occupies the White House,” she said.
“What are we as a nation going to do?” she asked. “Ladies, show up”.
A year from now, we have a chance to show women and girls that we matter. Hopefully, we’ll elect a woman as President — if not, let’s work to make sure a serial sexual predator no longer occupies the White House.
What are we as a nation going to do?
Ladies, show up.
— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) November 4, 2019