shameless Dems pander on “sex crimes”
[”shocking sex crimes”? please!]
From: “DNC Press” dncpress@dnc.org Date: September 30, 2006 1:25:57 PM EDT Subject: WHY DID TOM REYNOLDS COVER UP CONGRESSMAN’S SEX CRIMES?
For Immediate Release September 30, 2006
Contact: Damien LaVera – 202-863-8148
Why Did Tom Reynolds Cover Up Congressman’s Sex Crimes?
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley
resigned from Congress when sexually inappropriate emails and instant
messages he sent to a teenage boy came to light. While the shocking
exchanges produced an immediate uproar that cost Congressman Foley
his job, at least one member of the House Republican leadership had
known about the situation for months and did nothing about it: New
York Republican Congressman and chair of the National Republican
Congressional Committee Tom Reynolds.
According to the Associated Press, Congressman Reynolds’ spokesman
confirmed that Reynolds had been informed by another Congressman that
the boy had complained about Foley’s inappropriate communications
“months ago.” According to the report, the allegations first came to
light in late 2005. [AP, 9/30/06] It appears that Reynolds did not
tell authorities about the emails or take any step to discipline
Foley, apparently choosing instead to sweep the matter under the rug
to protect the Republican party’s dwindling chances of retaining
control of the House of Representatives this November.
“Congressman Reynolds’ inaction in the face of such a serious
situation is very troubling, and raises important questions about
whether there was an attempt to cover up criminal activity involving
a minor to keep it from coming to light before Election Day,” said
Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney.
“We need real answers to important questions about precisely who knew
about these activities and when they knew it, whether other current
or former pages were victimized by Congressman Foley, why the
Republican House leadership was prepared to adjourn without at the
very least referring this matter to the ethics committee, and what
corrective action if any Congressman Reynolds and the rest of the
Republican House leadership took. Failing to answer to these
questions would send a terrible message to the parents who entrust
their children to the care of the Page School and send them to
Washington to serve Congress.”
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October 17th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
Heres a new one!
Why did Congressman Reynolds politicize the October snow storm in Western NEw York by bringing in a FEMA rep that didn’t know the City of Buffalo was in Erie County? Did he think to meet with The Mayor of Buffalo, or the County Exectutive? NO! He only took the FEMA rep to his district! The FEMA rep NEVER meet with anyone else! But was shown in a photo opt with Reynolds!