Two MI lawmakers lose seats after affair, bizarre coverup

[katietornado]

:^)

www.politico.com/story/2015/09/todd-courser-cindy-gamrat-michigan-resign-213548

One Michigan state lawmaker resigned and another was expelled early Friday weeks after the two Republicans—Rep. Todd Courser and Rep. Cindy Gamrat—admitted to having an affair and a cover-up.

Courser announced his resignation shortly after 3 a.m., according to local reports, after previously refusing to resign last month, when he accused former staffers of blackmailing him to step down.

"It's the reverse of what I expected," said state Speaker of the House Kevin Cotter, according to The Detroit News.

Gamrat, meanwhile, pleaded with her colleagues for a censure rather than expulsion, but about an hour after Courser resigned, the House voted 91-12 to remove her from office. Gamrat is only the fourth state lawmaker to be removed from office in Michigan history.

"Resigning would have been a whole lot easier, I'll tell you that," Gamrat said, according to the Detroit paper's report. "But sometimes the easy roads aren't the best roads to take."

The departures bring to a close a bizarre chapter in state politics that began a little more than a month ago when the aforementioned paper reported on audio recordings in which Courser, who is married and a father of three, and Gamrat, who is also married and a mother of four, appeared to discuss a plan to cover up their affair. The plan included Courser mentioning that he would spread a fake story that he was caught having sex with a male prostitute in Lansing.

Courser admitted to being behind an email in May to state Republican activists and others that claimed he was a "bi-sexual porn addicted sex deviant" and that Gamrat was a "tramp."

[IIOY]

Sept 11, 2015 11:14:13 GMT -5 katietornado said:

The departures bring to a close a bizarre chapter in state politics that began a little more than a month ago when the aforementioned paper reported on audio recordings in which Courser, who is married and a father of three, and Gamrat, who is also married and a mother of four, appeared to discuss a plan to cover up their affair. The plan included Courser mentioning that he would spread a fake story that he was caught having sex with a male prostitute in Lansing.

Courser admitted to being behind an email in May to state Republican activists and others that claimed he was a "bi-sexual porn addicted sex deviant" and that Gamrat was a "tramp."

I'm trying to decide whether we can call it progress when having these rumors floating around is apparently preferable to being caught in a vanilla hetero affair.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

The phrase "bisexual porn addicted sex deviant" is my new tag line. I will also answer to tramp.

[aurora]

Sept 11, 2015 11:21:27 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Sept 11, 2015 11:14:13 GMT -5 katietornado said:

The departures bring to a close a bizarre chapter in state politics that began a little more than a month ago when the aforementioned paper reported on audio recordings in which Courser, who is married and a father of three, and Gamrat, who is also married and a mother of four, appeared to discuss a plan to cover up their affair. The plan included Courser mentioning that he would spread a fake story that he was caught having sex with a male prostitute in Lansing.

Courser admitted to being behind an email in May to state Republican activists and others that claimed he was a "bi-sexual porn addicted sex deviant" and that Gamrat was a "tramp."

I'm trying to decide whether we can call it progress when having these rumors floating around is apparently preferable to being caught in a vanilla hetero affair.

Yeah, this is just bizarre.

[nomad100]

Bisexual Porn-Addicted Sex Deviant or Vanilla Hetero Cheater - which to choose for AE day? Decisions decisions!

[nomad100]

Oh, and it also came out that Gamrat's husband was involved in crafting the cover up (so he was aware of the affair) and that Courser and his wife had both had affairs in the past. The whole thing is just a cluster.

[dawnzersong]

They also met in the parking lot behind a JoAnn Fabric for clandestine footrubs :/