He previously worked for conservative U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, a Champaign County Republican.

[DURHAM D]

Ohio legislator Wes Goodman led secret gay life, made unwelcome advances to younger men, people who knew him say

WASHINGTON - In public, Wesley Goodman was an up-and-coming conservative who championed pro-family and anti-LGBT causes and aspired to someday run for Congress.

In private, he exchanged salacious texts and emails with gay men he met on Capitol Hill, and sent sexually suggestive messages to young men he met through conservative circles who were too intimidated to publicly complain, according to three people who knew him when he worked in Washington.

Goodman's double life ended this week when he resigned from the Ohio legislature after House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger was alerted to Goodman's involvement in "inappropriate behavior" with a man in his state office in Columbus.

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/11/ohio_legislator_wes_goodman_le.html

[FarPoint]

1. Jim Jordan...

I sense he has some huge secret life story to emerge.

It's the hypocrisy that fuels my anger...

[Blue_true]

16. I have felt that way for a few days. The dots are starting to fall in place. nt

[Achilleaze]

27. "secret life" would be VERY republican

part of their twisted republican "values"

[Wellstone ruled]

2. So there is a ton more to come?

My statement of the Jock's are talking is going to take Jordan down. The same people who took out Al Franken will be forced to take out Jordan.

[enough]

3. Big difference. Jordan's a Republican. Kirsten Gillibrand can't do anything to him. NT

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Watch how the Dem Women

work this. You can run,but you can not hide. There will be adds running in Ohio calling out Jordan.


Buckle up,it is going to get interesting. BTW,understand the Alumi and Money Sponsors are just now getting concerned.

[Demsrule86]

5. I am sick of these attacks on Gillibrand...38 Democratic Senator asked for Fanken to resign...why

single her out?

[DURHAM D]

6. Easy to figure: Blond, strong female, New York

[Demsrule86]

15. The woman thing...yeah. Some just won't let it go. What is the benefit of this?

[paleotn]

24. That's probably the case....

Subconsciously, maybe or maybe not. But it does raise some interesting questions.

[OnDoutside]

7. IIRC, Gillibrand LED the charge for Franken's head. That's why many will never forgive her. Rather

Pyrrhic ....

[Demsrule86]

14. She was the first and stood up for a perceived wrong...while I disagree with her, isn't that what we

want in our Democratic elected? There were 38 other Senators and some House members who said the same as her.

[OnDoutside]

38. I think I and others have an entirely different recollection to you. Firstly,

Franken had apologized for any hurt caused, and had volunteered to put himself before the ethics committee, Secondly, the woman involved in the most serious allegation, said she didn't want Franken to lose his job. Thirdly, there were credible suspicions that this was a RW hit job. Fourthly, you again mention the 38 Senators, as if putting Gillibrand in this group, spreads the blame. No, she was not the 38th, she was the FIRST. That forced the other 2020 contenders to follow suit, as well as the Inbetweeners. She didn't have to do what she did, and I have seen many posters here who saw through her actions, and will never forgive her for that. That's kinda where it stands.

Edit : Just to add I think few would favour someone who jumped the gun, for political gain, but we'll see in the 2020 primaries. Oh, and I wonder how her relationship with the Clintons is going, as she had a go at Bill as well.

[Owl]

17. Yes

[elfin]

31. YES. She didn't wait for more information and due process

I will never forget. I will never forgive. Her rush to judgment and being leader of the pack to oust him is a permanent stain on an otherwise good career. It's a big stain that she can never overcome IMO.

She weakened the Senate immeasurably.

[GulfCoast66]

10. Seen as a threat to someone's presidential aspersions?

No idea who???

[Demsrule86]

13. Maybe. Could be true.

[mcar]

11. Let me guess why...

It drives me crazy too, Demsrule.

[Demsrule86]

12. I was pretty upset by the entire thing but time to move on...and does Gillibrand get all the blame.

My guy whom I love said the same thing...Sherrod Brown...she was one of 38!

[mcar]

37. She has different parts so she gets the blame

Remember how she was attacked here at the time? When it was pointed out she was one of many, the reply was "she started it." I still can't wrap my head around that!

[SharonAnn]

18. She started and led the charge!

[dansolo]

19. Actually, I place more blame on Chuck Schumer

My impression was that while Kirsten Gillibrand was jumping in front of the cameras, he was the one working behind the scenes forcing the issue. If he came out and insisted that Al Franken should be allowed to go through the ethics hearing process, there wouldn't have been the piling on that occurred. But Chuck Schumer, for whatever reason, was more than willing to stab Al Franken in the back. Kirsten Gillibrand was just the knife that he used.

[dhol82]

20. And she was a very willing knife.

[SharonClark]

36. Actually, I place blame on Al Franken

He rolled over and didn't put up a fight against the accusations. All his behavior has done is allow his 'supporters' to attack Gillibrand and claim they'll never forget. There are a lot of things I'll never forget, and one is some Duers piling on Gillibrand.

[Demsrule86]

40. What is your evidence for such an accusation? I see nothing of the sort.

[SharonClark]

35. Sexism is deep on DU.

[Demsrule86]

41. Yes this is true.

[FarPoint]

39. She drew first blood.

I will never support her again... she's just a placeholder to me.

[Demsrule86]

42. 38 senators did exactly what she did.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. Jim Jordon

has something to hide. Please, please, let it be so.

[malaise]

9. Getting closer

Bye bye Jimbo

[Blue_true]

21. I don't care if Jordan is secretly Gay. I do care about his crass hypocrisy.

I don't even care that he had a closeted gay man working for him, none of my business, but I do sense that Jordan is hiding something big. Personally, I hope that he hide it until late in October when another repug can't replace him on the ballot, then I want it to blow up in his face, and I hope that it is something that makes him look like a total creep.

[calimary]

23. Well, he IS a total creep. So why shouldn't he look like one?

[malaise]

26. I care that he did not report the doctor

He was responsible for those kids

[Blue_true]

32. My feeling is there is more to him not reporting.

He was an assistant coach and would have likely went to the head coach to report anyway. But, his over the top denials of any knowledge and public attacks on some of the wrestlers lead me to believe there is more that is much more damaging to the image that he tries to portray than not speaking up when he should have.

[Scurrilous]

22. K&R

[UCmeNdc]

25. Jim Jordan is gay. That is the secret glue holding this together.

[Ccarmona]

28. Gives New Meaning to "Freedom Cockus" (sic) n/t

[malaise]

33. Nice hash tag

:rol:

[Blue_true]

34. The doctor was an agressive abuser. His former staffer was an agressive abuser.

It is dumbfounding to think that Jordan was not aware of the activities of one of those people. It would not surprise me that Jim Jordan is a deeply conflicted gay man, I had a girlfriend once whose mom had an affair and lived with another woman, the family was deeply religious, her mom swore up an down that she was not bisexual.
Jordan coming from what appears to be a very conservative and likely religious part of Ohio would add to him not wanting to be outed, IMO. But with things like that, the truth comes out at some point. If Jordan is gay, there will likely be lovers that will open their mouths at some point, likely after he has been weakened. He has made a lot of enemies, even among republicans, not a good circumstance for hiding a secret.

[JI7]

29. What's fucked up is republicans would be more likely to call for him

To resign if he were gay or there were indications of that but not over his covering up abuse of kids.

[samnsara]

30. jordans got some very deeeeeep secrets!