Republican Introduces Bill Banning Lawmakers from Settling Sexual Harassment Claims w/ Taxpayer Cash

Florida’s Rep. Ron DeSantis has announced that he is working hard on new legislation that will stop the practice of using taxpayer money to pay off sexual harassment claims against political figures, and to publicize relevant details like the names of the accused.

Of course, it must be said that not every out of court settlement means that the person being accused is admitting guilt. If you’re a celebrity or very rich (or have access to riches, like these politicians) it can be cheaper and more expedient to hand over a smaller sum of cash instead of spend two years in court with the bills piling up. By showing off the names of the accused they will likely be misinterpreted as being unequivocal sex perverts simply because there was a settlement reached instead of a verdict handed down by a judge.

This is what DeSantis said that he’d be working on, while referencing the issue with the Democrat Rep. John Conyers, whose office paid at least one alleged victim $27,000 after she came forward to say that she had been forced to refuse his sexual advances:

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