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RandySF

(59,828 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2024, 11:59 PM Apr 28

TX-SEN: Top 'Democrat for Cruz' Accused of Sexual Harassment

A more explosive case arose more than two decades later, when Palomarez’s chief of staff at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce claimed she was “subjected to discrimination on the basis of their gender, sexual harassment, and a generally hostile work environment,” in a lawsuit against the business advocacy group. Her complaint alleged that under Palomarez, then the organization’s president and CEO, she had suffered remarks about her appearance and clothing in the presence of other employees, as well as “inappropriate, unwanted, and unconsented to touching.”

The suit also raised the aide’s concern that Palomarez used to deliberately “play into and perpetuate” rumors the two of them were having an affair through his “handsy” and “flirtatious” behavior. She also accused him of referring to her and other female workers as “fucking bitch.”

The former chief of staff also shared with the Times an email, which she sent to a friend describing an incident in which Palomarez expressed an interest in “being with” her and attempted to kiss her. The woman and the chamber agreed to drop the matter in 2019, court records show.

Palomarez resigned his role at the chamber but denied the allegations, and told the Times that they represented a kind of political reprisal for his cordial relations with former President Donald Trump. But he also filed a lawsuit against a Dallas businesswoman and chamber board chair, claiming she conspired with his chief of staff and other women to besmirch his reputation after he terminated a relationship with her.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-democrat-for-cruz-javier-palomarez-accused-of-sexual-harassment?ref=wrap

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TX-SEN: Top 'Democrat for Cruz' Accused of Sexual Harassment (Original Post) RandySF Apr 28 OP
A Democrat for Cruz area51 Apr 29 #1
Really...ugh.. LeftInTX Apr 29 #2
Isn't that an OxyMORON! Cha Apr 29 #3
LOL Blue Owl Apr 29 #4
It's the Epitome of said oxyMoron. Cha Apr 29 #5
Oxymoran ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 29 #6

area51

(11,944 posts)
1. A Democrat for Cruz
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 12:28 AM
Apr 29

would be like a chicken for Col. Sanders. And Palomarez would be a DINO (democrat in name only).

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