NEW YORK (Dagbladet): The election to the state assembly in Virginia is watched with suspicious eyes by the political USA because it comes one year before the big presidential election year 2024. Thus, the election in the state can give a clue about the political winds in the rest of the country.
Gibson has run a high-profile election campaign and is supported, among others, by Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential candidate and current Virginia senator Tim Kaine.
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Now, however, the election campaign has taken a very dramatic turn for Democrat Susanna Gibson (40), who is trying to become a state representative for the Democrats. Videos of her and her husband having sex have gone viral. It does not receive unexpectedly much attention in the American media.
The couple first published the videos themselves anonymously in live broadcasts on a website a while back. In the videos, which Washington Post have seen, they encourage viewers to tip them money for special requests along the way.
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The website where the couple allegedly uploaded the videos before September last year was not password protected, and the couple had more than 5,700 followers. Now, however, the videos are said to have been spread to other websites that the couple did not consent to, according to the newspaper.
Gibson reacts strongly to these videos being spread, calling it “the worst of gutter politics”.
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– It won’t scare me, and it won’t make me shut up. My political opponent and their Republican allies have proven they are willing to commit crimes to attack me and my family. There are no boundaries they will not cross to silence women when they speak out, says Gibson, according to AP.
She reacts strongly to the situation.
– This is an illegal invasion of my privacy designed to humiliate me and my family, says Gibson.
Even choice
The place she is fighting for in the state assembly could have a major impact on the balance of power in Virginia, and both sides have spent large sums of money on the election campaign.
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Currently, the Democrats control the state Senate with a four-vote majority, while the Republicans have a corresponding majority in the House of Representatives. Now the rising Republican star, Governor Glenn Youngkin, is hoping to gain control of the entire assembly.
Gibson’s lawyer believes the dissemination of the videos is about digital abuse, which is illegal in Virginia.
– A crime has occurred here, and it is the dissemination of revenge porn from a Republican activist, says her lawyer, Daniel P. Watkins, according to the AP.
– Difficult time
It was a person who works for the Republicans who tipped off the Washington Post about the videos, but that person denies any connection with Gibson’s Republican opponent or other parts of the Republican Party in Virginia.
Gibson won the Democratic primary in June and is now running against Republican businessman David Owen in what is expected to be a very close election.
– I am sure that this is a difficult time for Susanna and her family. And I remain focused on my election campaign,” Owen said in a statement.
2023-09-14 18:10:34
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