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Democrats: Bullying incident underscores pattern of sexism in House

Hank Stephenson and Rachel Leingang//March 16, 2017//

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Democrats: Bullying incident underscores pattern of sexism in House

Democrats: Bullying incident underscores pattern of sexism in House

Hank Stephenson and Rachel Leingang//March 16, 2017//

A Republican legislator’s apology on March 15 for attempting to have a Democratic legislator thrown out of a committee underscores what Democrats and lobbyists describe as a pattern of bullying...

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Tags: misogyny, patriarchy, Bob Thorpe, Arizona House of Representatives, sexism, Rebecca Rios, Democrats, J.D. Mesnard, Isela Blanc

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