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Nevada Rep. Horsford acknowledges he had extramarital affair
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada on Saturday acknowledged he had an extramarital affair with a woman who said the on-and-off relationship began in 2009 before ending last September.
Horsford, 47, in a statement released to The Associated Press responded to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had an affair with Gabriela Linder, who previously had shared her story on podcasts and Twitter posts through a pseudonym before she was interviewed Friday by the newspaper.
“It is true that I had a previous consensual relationship with another adult outside of my marriage, over the course of several years,” Horsford said the statement. “I’m deeply sorry to all of those who have been impacted by this very poor decision, most importantly my wife and family. Out of concern for my family during this challenging time, I ask that our privacy is respected.”
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A spokeswoman for Horsford indicated he does not plan to resign, as at least one Republican opponent suggested.
Horsford, 47, in a statement released to The Associated Press responded to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had an affair with Gabriela Linder, who previously had shared her story on podcasts and Twitter posts through a pseudonym before she was interviewed Friday by the newspaper.
“It is true that I had a previous consensual relationship with another adult outside of my marriage, over the course of several years,” Horsford said the statement. “I’m deeply sorry to all of those who have been impacted by this very poor decision, most importantly my wife and family. Out of concern for my family during this challenging time, I ask that our privacy is respected.”
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A spokeswoman for Horsford indicated he does not plan to resign, as at least one Republican opponent suggested.
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I joke but, unfortunately, it's the truth. Despite their veneer of "values," the main moral guide for Republicans is selfishness, so their misbehavior is shrugged-off as "well, that's the way humans behave, even if it's regrettable." OTOH, Democrats are supposed to stand for ethical behavior rather than self-serving, so any steps off the straight-and-narrow will be punished without mercy. Do you think a Republican would have resigned under circumstances similar to Katie Hill's?
