The kicker: Filner was sexually harassing these same victims of rape in the military.
Via Daily Caller:
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner once called for anyone involved in sexual harassment in the military to be terminated, defended Bill Clinton against accusations of sexual harassment and reminded voters of his opponent’s sexual improprieties.
Filner, who returns to office this week after checking himself out of sexual harassment training early, has been dogged by allegations that he sexually assaulted or harassed more than dozen women.
But back when he was representing California’s 50th and 51st congressional districts, Filner energetically portrayed himself as a champion of those who had been sexually assaulted in the military.
“There shall be no sexual assaults on our sites,” then-Rep. Filner said emphatically on the floor of Congress in 2011. “And yet what we’re saying here, ‘Oh, we’ll add a few more reporting requirements.’ Well, that doesn’t send a message, because we already had the reporting requirements. Let’s try to find a way… to send a message to our agency not that we are going to pass a few rules but that we’re going to take this seriously.