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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP congressman, who once lamented not being able to call women 'sluts,' loses to a woman
By Caroline Kelly, CNN Updated 7:53 AM ET, Wed November 7, 2018
(CNN) Minnesota Republican Rep. Jason Lewis, who once lamented that he could no longer call women "sluts," has lost his seat to Democrat Angie Craig, CNN projects.
Craig won by more than 5 percentage points in the race which CNN rated a "toss up." The one-on-one race was a rematch of 2016, when Lewis narrowly beat Craig. Both sides saw the district as a key battleground, with the National Republican Congressional Committee releasing a targeted ad in September attacking Craig, a former healthcare executive, for corruption.
In July, CNN's KFILE reported on several misogynistic comments made by Lewis on the "Jason Lewis Show," a radio program he hosted from 2009 to 2014 with the tagline "America's Mr. Right."
When radio host Rush Limbaugh called women's rights activists and then-graduate student Sandra Fluke "a slut" in February 2012, Lewis repeatedly expressed disbelief that people could no longer refer to women as sluts.
Craig won by more than 5 percentage points in the race which CNN rated a "toss up." The one-on-one race was a rematch of 2016, when Lewis narrowly beat Craig. Both sides saw the district as a key battleground, with the National Republican Congressional Committee releasing a targeted ad in September attacking Craig, a former healthcare executive, for corruption.
In July, CNN's KFILE reported on several misogynistic comments made by Lewis on the "Jason Lewis Show," a radio program he hosted from 2009 to 2014 with the tagline "America's Mr. Right."
When radio host Rush Limbaugh called women's rights activists and then-graduate student Sandra Fluke "a slut" in February 2012, Lewis repeatedly expressed disbelief that people could no longer refer to women as sluts.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/michigan-second-district-jason-lewis-called-women-sluts/index.html
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GOP congressman, who once lamented not being able to call women 'sluts,' loses to a woman (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Nov 2018
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The defeat of Jason Lewis was one of the high points of this election for me
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
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lunatica
(53,410 posts)1. This karmic adjustment was due
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. Yes indeed!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)3. The defeat of Jason Lewis was one of the high points of this election for me
even though I'm not in his district. He was always a small-market Limbaugh wannabe, and he's an absolute pig. I was just delighted to see him go down. I suppose he'll go back to right-wing hate radio now.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. Is there a lower form of life than a Limbaugh wannabe?
Yikes
gademocrat7
(10,672 posts)5. Glad he was defeated.