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A California Democrat who was featured in Time magazineâs Person of the Year issue for her role in the anti-sexual harassment â#MeTooâ movement has been accused of drunkenly groping a male legislative staffer at a softball game in 2014.
Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia allegedly stroked the then-25-year-old stafferâs back, tried to squeeze his buttocks and attempted to grab his crotch as he walked away from her.
The staffer, Daniel Fierro, worked for Assemblyman Ian Calderon at the time. He did not immediately report the incident but in January told Calderon, also a Democrat, who reported it to Assembly leaders.
Garcia was âclearly inebriatedâ during the 30- to 35-second episode, Fierro said.
originally posted by: airowineSailorcat
a reply to: GuidedKill
wow . you guys found stuff.
Separately, Politico reported that a lobbyist who declined to be named claimed Garcia made crude sexual comments and tried to grab his crotch at a 2017 fundraiser.
Fierro said he decided to tell Calderon about the incident because of Garcia's outspokenness in the #MeToo movement. He was reportedly interviewed last Friday by an outside law firm hired by the Assembly Rules Committee.
Fierro, of Cerritos, left the Assembly in 2016 and now runs a communications firm. Calderon, his former boss, is now the majority leader. Lerna Shirinian, Calderon's communications director, said Fierro told her about the incident right after it happened.
"He was in shock, I was in shock â but the culture was very different back then," Shirinian told Politico.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: xuenchen
Grab em by the penis!
originally posted by: GuidedKill
a reply to: xuenchen
The Alt-Left will be here any minute to defend this fool all the whiles calling for Trump to be removed for sexist comments. Well because he is a rapist, xenophobe, bigot, islamaphobe, or what ever other phobe they can come up with.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
Isn't it funny how when someone on the Right gets accused of sexual misconduct by multiple people we're told we need to give them the benefit of the doubt and if these people were actually assaulted they would have filed charges.
If someone on the Left gets accused of sexual misconduct suddenly the accusations are 100% honest and the person needs to be taken out back.
That said, if this person's story can be corroborated this woman should step down. Even if that is the case it does not affect the #MeToo movement. People are still be taken sexually advantage of by people in power and it needs to be known.
originally posted by: Jefferton
originally posted by: GuidedKill
a reply to: xuenchen
The Alt-Left will be here any minute to defend this fool all the whiles calling for Trump to be removed for sexist comments. Well because he is a rapist, xenophobe, bigot, islamaphobe, or what ever other phobe they can come up with.
So it's only appropriate behavior if you are part of the Alt-Right.
Got it.
Everyone is wrong and hypocritical.
LOL.
originally posted by: GuidedKill
originally posted by: Jefferton
originally posted by: GuidedKill
a reply to: xuenchen
The Alt-Left will be here any minute to defend this fool all the whiles calling for Trump to be removed for sexist comments. Well because he is a rapist, xenophobe, bigot, islamaphobe, or what ever other phobe they can come up with.
So it's only appropriate behavior if you are part of the Alt-Right.
Got it.
Everyone is wrong and hypocritical.
LOL.
Not at all....
Exactly why the Alt-Left does that I don't know.
If any accusations are proven to be true against any person they need to do the time...
you will never hear me say other wise.
I was merely pointing out their obvious hypocrisy.
originally posted by: Jefferton
originally posted by: GuidedKill
originally posted by: Jefferton
originally posted by: GuidedKill
a reply to: xuenchen
The Alt-Left will be here any minute to defend this fool all the whiles calling for Trump to be removed for sexist comments. Well because he is a rapist, xenophobe, bigot, islamaphobe, or what ever other phobe they can come up with.
So it's only appropriate behavior if you are part of the Alt-Right.
Got it.
Everyone is wrong and hypocritical.
LOL.
Not at all....
Exactly why the Alt-Left does that I don't know.
If any accusations are proven to be true against any person they need to do the time...
you will never hear me say other wise.
I was merely pointing out their obvious hypocrisy.
Sometimes partisan hatred can blind you from your own hypocrisy.
Hint. Hint.