TENN Rep Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) had sexual 'interactions' with 22 women, report says

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Rep. Jeremy Durham engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with 22 women, including sexual harassment, and his actions warrant expulsion from the Tennessee General Assembly, according to a newly released report from the state attorney general.

But a special legislative committee is leaving it up to the voters of the 65th District to decide whether Durham, a Franklin Republican, will continue serving in the legislature. Durham, once considered a rising star in the party, is up for re-election this year.

That conduct by Durham, who is 32 and has been married since 2011, includes bringing a 20-year-old "college student/political worker" to his legislative office with a cooler full of beer, kissing her and eventually having sex with her on a couch, according to the report.

"He told her that he wanted to kiss her, and the two kissed and had sexual intercourse," the report states.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/13/jeremy-durham-investigative-committee-meet-wednesday/87010348/

[SheriffBob]

1. God will forgive him

Because he's a republican.

[MADem]

2. Ewwww. What a little Caligula-looking twerp.

Is that a forward-comb hairdo, or a cheap rug on his head? He's Bill Cosby, only instead of drugging them, he uses power to control them:

...she gave Durham the nickname "Pants Candy."

A male lobbyist, according to the report, said when the woman asked for a mint from the candy dish, Durham "put his hand in his pocket, and moved it around in a manner that made 'quite a display' of accentuating his genitalia."

The report details the toll Durham’s behavior took on women who worked in or around the state Capitol.

Women feared they would lose their jobs, earn reputations as complainers or damage their relationships with other members of the Republican Caucus if they came forward. Female lobbyists said they feared they would lose votes for the bills they were championing, according to the report.

One former intern broke down in tears as she spoke to investigators about her encounters with Durham. Another legislative assistant took a job in the private sector instead of pursuing her ambitions to become a lobbyist after encounters with Durham, which included one instance in which he kissed her on the neck, sent her multiple suggestive texts and requested she send him pictures of her.

An attorney for Durham issued a statement blasting the report, but didn't specifically rebut any of the findings.

[Eleanors38]

3. Let's be serious. He hasn't reached the GOP-imposed quota of 100. Tinhorn.