Former GOP Rep. Ryan Costello said he doesn’t buy Democratic Rep. Katie Hill’s explanation for her resignation.
Hill resigned while facing a House Ethics Committee investigation into the alleged affair with a member of her congressional office, but during a Friday appearance on The View, she said that wasn’t the reason she ultimately stepped down. Costello took exception with her version of events.
Hill said the “slow processes” of the investigation would have been “incredibly invasive to my staff and to my entire office.”
“It’s also something that I’m glad I was able to take the pressure off of my staff by resigning so that they didn’t have to worry about that,” she said. “But why did I decide to step down? I realized the impact that I was having on my colleagues. I did not want to be a distraction during the time that we were coming up on the impeachment inquiry vote. I didn’t want to be used as a tool against my fellow freshmen who were coming from these swing districts.”
Her comments on The View came a day after she claimed “biphobia” was the reason behind her resignation, and that’s where Costello pushed back.
Not wanting to deal with an Ethics investigation led to resignation. Same as straight, male, GOP members who didn’t want the scrutiny their actions earned. End of story. https://t.co/EQPYcAZDZ1
— Ryan Costello (@RyanCostello) February 21, 2020
“Not wanting to deal with an Ethics investigation led to resignation,” he said on social media. “Same as straight, male, GOP members who didn’t want the scrutiny their actions earned. End of story.”
Photos of Hill, 32, were published in October that showed her naked in a hotel room, brushing the hair of a female campaign staffer who worked on her 2018 congressional campaign. Additional photos were later published that showed her holding a bong while undressed. She apologized and admitted she had an affair with the female campaign aide but denied another alleged affair with a staffer and resigned days later.
Hill, who revealed she struggled with suicidal thoughts after resigning, recently launched an organization dedicated to helping young people and women to political office.
