Rep. Loretta Sanchez resigns from Hispanic Caucus over Sexist Remarks

[liberalpragmatist]

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. I haven't read anything about this before.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2583.html

A day after Rep. Loretta Sanchez resigned from the Hispanic Caucus charging its chairman had called her a “whore,’’ a pair of Democratic congresswomen from California spoke out in support of Sanchez’s sweeping complaints that chairman Joe Baca did not respect the women in the caucus.

In an increasingly bitter spat dividing the 21-member caucus, Sanchez also had charged that her follow California Democrat, Baca, had treated the women in the group “like shit.”

On Thursday, the two other California congresswomen bolstered Sanchez’s remarks.

Rep. Hilda L. Solis said she shared “Sanchez's sentiment about the lack of respect afforded to women members of the Hispanic Caucus.’’ And Loretta Sanchez’s sister, Rep. Linda Sanchez, said she supported her sibling’s decision to resign in protest of Baca’s alleged remark, which he has “categorically’’ denied.

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[rinsd]

Its is a dupe. Here's the ongoing original thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2711220

[rinsd]

1. Its is a dupe. Here's the ongoing original thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2711220

[Sequoia]

2. She didn't seem to mind when Ahnold called her "hot".

[Nimrod2005]

3. Someone is going to check into rehab....nt