After emotional interviews with the two women who accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault aired on national television — including their pleas for a public hearing — House Republican leaders said Tuesday that Democrats are blocking efforts toward such a forum.
House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, said in a statement that Democratic leader Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, has repeatedly spurned offers by House Courts Committee Chairman Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, to hold a bipartisan hearing that would allow the two women to testify.
“There should be no mistake about what has happened here: the alleged victims are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Republicans are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Democrats in the House of Delegates are refusing to allow that to happen,” Cox said.
In a letter to Filler-Corn dated March 25 and shared by Cox’s office, Bell said the subcommittee that would hold the hearing would consist of five Republicans and five Democrats. It would include testimony from the alleged victims, Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson, as well as Fairfax. Each would have a chance to present evidence.
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Women need to learn that if the man who assaults or harasses them is a Republican, the police will investigate, the prosecutor will take it to court and the judge will put them in jail. The media will believe you and the public will support you.
But if it is a Democrat, then nothing will be done. You will not be be believed. The police will not investigate, the DA will not prosecute and a judge will never hear your complaint. The media will attack you, Politicians will make excuses for your attacker and the public will condemn you. You will be guilty, not the Democrat.
Learn the lesson that the Democrats are teaching you.
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