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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 859440" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59513.html" target="_blank">(Politico)</a> — Several House Democratic women on Wednesday called on Rep. Allen West to apologize to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for his e-mail that called her “vile,” “despicable” and “not a Lady.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>The lawmakers said they were sending a letter to House GOP leadership, asking them to condemn the e-mail </strong>from the freshman Florida Republican. The group of five House Democrats said West’s e-mail was indicative of a larger problem — both inside Congress and out — <strong>of gender discrimination in the workplace.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“For his own good, they ought to take him into the woodshed and say, ‘if you want to survive in this work environment, you’ve got to keep your word, you’ve got to be cordial and congenial and civil even when you’re disagreeing,” said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) “It makes for a very hard career otherwise.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“Sticks and stones will not break Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s bones, and neither will Congressman West’s Blackberry,” added Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) who charged that in other workplaces,<strong> West would be hit with a sexual harassment claim</strong>.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">So far, West’s office has stood by the e-mail, sent late Tuesday afternoon to Wasserman Schultz and copied to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and West’s chief of staff, Jonathan Blyth. West has since sent fundraising letters referencing the e-mail, asking his supporters to donate money to defend himself from Wasserman Schultz — who is also chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 859440, member: 12952"] [INDENT][URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59513.html"](Politico)[/URL] — Several House Democratic women on Wednesday called on Rep. Allen West to apologize to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for his e-mail that called her “vile,” “despicable” and “not a Lady.” [B]The lawmakers said they were sending a letter to House GOP leadership, asking them to condemn the e-mail [/B]from the freshman Florida Republican. The group of five House Democrats said West’s e-mail was indicative of a larger problem — both inside Congress and out — [B]of gender discrimination in the workplace.[/B] “For his own good, they ought to take him into the woodshed and say, ‘if you want to survive in this work environment, you’ve got to keep your word, you’ve got to be cordial and congenial and civil even when you’re disagreeing,” said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) “It makes for a very hard career otherwise.” “Sticks and stones will not break Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s bones, and neither will Congressman West’s Blackberry,” added Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) who charged that in other workplaces,[B] West would be hit with a sexual harassment claim[/B]. So far, West’s office has stood by the e-mail, sent late Tuesday afternoon to Wasserman Schultz and copied to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and West’s chief of staff, Jonathan Blyth. West has since sent fundraising letters referencing the e-mail, asking his supporters to donate money to defend himself from Wasserman Schultz — who is also chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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