It’s always rough if you’re a Democrat in Oklahoma post-2010, when Republicans finally took over the state Legislature.
But last week’s flameout by Abby Broyles, the 32-year-old former newscaster seeking Oklahoma’s most competitive congressional district, was epic.
To set this story up, let me just say this: There really isn’t anything more shameful, embarrassing, or disgraceful than an adult who bullies children. Grown-ups who verbally abuse minors with obscenities are truly awful people. And it gets even worse if they employ racial slurs — which, as you have probably guessed, is an issue in this story.
It happened when a friend of Broyles played host to a sleepover for her preteen daughter and some friends earlier this month. She made the mistake of having Broyles, a personal friend, over to visit the same night. By Broyles’s own account, they hung out, watched a movie, and drank some wine.
Broyles, apparently drunk out of her skull, made quite a spectacle in front of the teenagers. The mother of one of the teens subsequently called her out on Twitter for what must have been a very traumatizing event for all of the girls involved. This has since led to a lot of really bad PR for a really, really bad person hoping to win a seat in Congress.
According to reports, Broyles at first claimed she hadn’t even been there — and there is reportedly audio of her making this false claim. She subsequently admitted that she had, in fact, been there and that maybe this did happen, but that she didn’t remember anything about the incident because of medication she was taking.
Well, hey, let’s not judge. Haven’t we all been there — screaming f-bombs at multiple children? Can’t we all identify with this incident?
No, actually, come to think of it, 99% of us cannot identify with that at all. Most sentient, sane adults know better than to scream obscenities at children.
That’s why the ones who do such things, such as Broyles, will not be taking office anywhere anytime soon.
