Debbie Dingell: ‘Congressman Farenthold Should Resign’
WALLACE: Congresswoman Dingell, Democrats move fast this week to push both John Conyers, your fellow congressman from Michigan, and Al Franken, senator from Minnesota, to step down. And there are signs that your party is trying to seize the moral high ground on this issue. Take a look.
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SEN. MAZIE HIRONO, D-HAWAII: Where is their outrage? In fact, on the opposite end, they are coming forward to support Roy Moore. How’s that for totally inappropriate position?
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WALLACE: Is there a difference in how the two parties are handling this issue of sexual harassment among members of Congress, and is that a legitimate issue in the 2018 campaign?
REP. DEBBIE DINGELL, D-MICH.: I think that the voters are going to hold everybody accountable, whether you’re Republican or Democrat, when 2018 campaign happen. This is probably was the most difficult week of my career, when you look at somebody like John Conyers, who had the legacy that he did have to step aside.
But this has been going on for a very long time, Chris. We know what our values are. I don’t consider this a partisan issue. I find it — I mean, Barbara and I totally agree on this issue.
I’ve also called that I think Congressman Farenthold should resign. Eighty-four thousand dollars is a lot of money, and it wasn’t for nothing. We cannot have a double standard.
And we still have somebody running for office. We still have somebody in the White House that has acknowledged that they have done things that are not OK, or at least the president has. So, it’s disturbing.
But we have to know who we are and I think we’re all going to be held accountable Republican or Democrat next November.
WALLACE: But do you see a difference in the president and Roy Moore on the one hand and pushing out Conyers and Franken on the other, and Democratic leaders demanding that they leave?
DINGELL: I think that everybody has got to be accountable. So, I think those that aren’t — there are two seat sitting at this table. Republicans are calling for this man to step down. And Republicans have even criticized the president for what he did.
I think we know what our values are. I think we know what we stand for and I think the American people are going to hold people accountable next November.
