GOPer Who Allegedly Pressured Mistress To Have Abortion Votes For Ban

[MADem]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-desjarlais-mistress-abortion-ban

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) voted Wednesday for a bill banning late-term abortions, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported on Friday.

DesJarlais, a former physician, voted for the ban despite allegedly pressuring his mistress and ex-wife to get abortions...."Congressman DesJarlais was proud to vote in favor of this legislation," his spokesman, Robert Jameson, told the Free Press.

Jameson also told the paper that DesJarlais had a "100 percent pro-life voting record" and that, during his five years in office, he ”has always advocated for pro-life values.”

"Despite a fixation by his political opponents on the details of a previous marriage from the 1990s, the people of Tennessee's Fourth District have shown they care much more about the Congressman's job in Washington than the details of a divorce," Jameson continued.

Jameson would not tell the paper whether DesJarlais’ ex-wife had abortions after the 20-week cutoff.

I'd say we have a winner for the Bloated, Snarling Hypocrite of the Week Award!!! This was the "I had sex with a patient" guy who inexplicably retained his seat. SMH!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Of course he is a fucking hypocrite ALL republicans and ALL teaparty are

N E V E R

get into business with one

[shenmue]

2. Lying prick

[Jefferson23]

3. Idiot voters, that is one twisted man.

snip* But it's hard to find someone who has tested the power of incumbency so doggedly than someone else running for reelection today in Tennessee — Republican Scott DesJarlais, a two-term representative in District 4.

The then-political novice DesJarlais first won election in 2010. Weeks before the 2012 election, papers from his 2001 divorce were released, and they showed that the former doctor had engaged in sexual relationships with patients, medical center co-workers and a drug company representative. The Chattanooga Times Free Press's account of the divorce papers noted, "Serving a dual role as doctor and lover, DesJarlais prescribed one patient pain medication and lavished her with an $875 watch and a plane ticket to Las Vegas, records show." The staunchly antiabortion rights representative also encouraged his ex-wife to get two abortions, and when one of the patients he was seeing said she was pregnant, he also advised that she get an abortion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/rep-scott-desjarlais-engaged-in-multiple-extramarital-affairs-he-still-might-win-thursday/

[tanyev]

4. OK for me, but not for Thee.