A California state senator is being sued for sexual harassment by her former chief of staff who says she pressured him into performing sex acts.State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, who recently changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, was hit by the lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of...
On August 8, 2024, she crossed the floor and joined the Republican Party.[5][6] Upon switching her party affiliation, Alvarado-Gil lost all her committee assignments, and was forced out of the Latino Caucus.[7] Alvarado-Gil is fiscally conservative and had previously voted with Republicans on labor legislation. However, she is also "pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+ rights and anti-Trump".[8]
She's pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+, and anti-Trump, but somehow decided that the GOP of August, 2024 - the opposite of all those things - better represents her?
Don't usually hear about instances of women sexually coercing men (thanks, toxic patriarchal double standards!). Taking him at his word for the moment, it's unfortunate that this happened to him at all to begin with, but good on him for being willing to speak out.