From Sauer's Facebook page
BARRINGTON – Republican House Leader Jim Durkin response to State Rep. Nick Sauer's ex-girlfriend's accusations that the state lawmaker posted nude photos of her online without her consent was immediate. Durkin announced Sauer would be resigning Wednesday.
"The allegations that have come forth against Representative Nick Sauer are troubling," Durkin said. He will be resigning from office today. We should allow the proper authorities to conduct their investigations."
As soon as the allegations were made public in POLITICO, Sen. Melinda Bush, a Democrat that co-chairs the Joint Task Force on Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention and serves on the Anti-Harassment, Equality and Access panel formed earlier this year, called for Sauer to step down.
“Democrat or Republican – this behavior is inappropriate and unbecoming of someone elected to serve the public. I applaud the Illinois Republican Party for calling for Rep. Sauer’s resignation; I hope he will do the right thing and step down immediately," CapitolFax reported Bush said.
When asked, Governor Rauner, who has been a big supporter of Sauer, agreed the freshman legislator should step down.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) emphasized the climate of sexual harassment that has been allowed to grow in Springfield over the years.
"Representative Sauer did the right thing by resigning today. Sexual misconduct and abuse has no place in the work place or any place for that matter," Ives said in an issued statement. "Mr. Sauer's resignation is not, however, the ending of this difficult chapter in the Illinois legislature.
"In October, over 300 women working in Springfield signed a #MeToo letter detailing the toxic culture in the capitol. For three years, leaders left the position of Legislative Inspector General vacant," she said. "Today, we only have an interim LIG. This is not how people who are serious about reform and accountability operate. The position of LIG must be kept independent and made permanent. And a transparent process must be put in place for complainants. Whether or not more women come forward, we know that many have been hurt by our elected officials – professionally and otherwise. It is a disgrace. If we are to change that culture, we must change out Illinois' political leadership. As I have stated, we cannot hope to have a good and virtuous government without good and virtuous men and women to lead it."
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Illinois GOP is not different in any shape, matter, or form from the Democrat party.
The more I read about this the more disgusting it gets. The Illinois party of Rauner and Hastert sinks lower.
Really, this is an issue? Who cares…as a male I want to seethe pictures, as does an real red blooded American male. And this is the problem, once again we are letting women dictate the course of society as they have been doing for the past 40 years. This really is ridiculous. Everybody is a precious snowflake. Note, the woman posed for the pictures. He was cad for posting them and if there is liability then that is what is proper. But resigning over this, and all this hysteria is ridiculous. Women will not be satisfied until men are eradicated. The war against masculinity has been going on for two generations now and the men have clearly lost.
I know two, clean cut, 6 figure income guys in their mid 20s who have never dated. They are not gay, they just see women as controlling all levers now, in the work place, in politics, and the legal system. They see their best route to freedom and happiness is a life filled with experiences that they do not share with a member of the opposite sex. Frankly, I can’ blame them.
What a moron. How hard is it to realize that what he did is a career killer? Another seat lost to the GOP.
Doesn’t ANYBODY check these candidates out, before getting them on the ballot? There MUST have been a trail of stupid acts leading back to this guy BEFORE he ran for election.
Madigan, Cullerton and Rauner should resign for making a law funding Baby killing.
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Carl Lambrecht
You know, nowhere in this article did it overtly report that Rep. Sauer was a Republican. You had to read through the lines. That is bad journalism – fake news -what one would expect from CNN.
That being said, what sanctions are being placed on State Rep. Lou Lang, (D-Skokie). accused of accosting female lobbyists and who is one of Madigan’s right hand men?
I am so disgusted at these Illinois Republicans. The new GOP Committeeman of, the formerly conservative, Niles Township GOP, an immigrant named Chris Hanusiak, announces that he doesn’t want to get bogged down in social issues.
He is urging those few Republican voters left in his area, to vote for RINO Rauner.
Sorry, IL GOP – we’re no longer interested.
Carl that wasn’t even close to being on topic.