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The guy kissed the female

CVille Dem — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:33:08 +0000

In reply to In short, I liked her longer

The guy kissed the female staffer, patted her on the head, and sent her suggestive emails. No doubt this was degrading and harassing to her. She reported it, and Hillary required him to have counseling and docked his pay. The staffer was re-assigned laterally to report directly to her deputy campaign manager, where she “flourished.”

Turns out that the offender, Strider, (who was her ‘faith outreach person...) did not complete his counseling, and was subsequently fired from his next job for inappropriate sexual behavior.

From Vox: https ://www.vox.com/2018/1/30/16953480/hillary-clinton-sexual-harassment-burns-strider

After the Times story broke, Clinton writes, she reached out to the former staffer, who said she “was glad that her accusations were taken seriously, that there was a clear process in place for dealing with harassment, and that it was followed.”

So, I can see why HRC wishes she had fired him in retrospect, but I don’t disagree with her thinking. Not every inappropriate action should cost someone their job (see Al Franken). Her response showed that she was serious. The woman who reported him was satisfied with the action taken. He clearly wasn’t serious about his behavior, as his actions in the next job proved. Considering his job, it might have seemed, even at the time that he was ill-suited to the task at hand.

In short, I liked her longer

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:50:19 +0000

In reply to Maggie Haberman adds in her

In short, I liked her longer answer.

Maggie Haberman adds in her

barefooted — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:13:59 +0000

In reply to What Hillary Thinks Today

Maggie Haberman adds in her NYT column on topic:

“They recently opted to suspend and reinstate one of their journalists who exhibited similarly inappropriate behavior, rather than terminate him,” she said. “A decade from now, that decision may not look as tough as it feels today.” Mrs. Clinton was referring to Glenn Thrush, a reporter for The Times who was removed from the White House beat and suspended without pay for two months after he faced accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior. He returned to work this week.