Illinois Lawmaker Who Fought To Combat Sexual Discrimination Forced To Resign For Using His Ex-Girlfriend's Nudes To Catfish Men
NY Times- An Illinois state representative resigned on Wednesday hours after a report about allegations that he posted nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on Instagram without her consent in an effort to draw other men into “graphic” conversations.
The lawmaker, Nick Sauer, a Republican who had served on the State Legislature’s task force to combat sexual discrimination and harassment, was the subject of a complaint filed by his ex-girlfriend with the state’s Office of the Legislative Inspector General, according to a report by Politico.
The complaint accused Mr. Sauer of using an Instagram account filled with nude images of his ex-girlfriend, Kate Kelly, to “catfish” other men, or lure them into an online relationship using a fake persona.
“As a result of the allegations by Kate Kelly, a former girlfriend, I have decided to resign my office,” Mr. Sauer wrote in his letter of resignation to the clerk of the Illinois House, where he represented the 51st District, which includes affluent suburbs north of Chicago. “My ability to fulfill my obligations as a State Representative and public servant will be affected by the distraction of addressing these allegations.”
Tough time to be a state representative. Not only do you have to worry about Erran Morad duping you into screaming the N word and spreading your cheeks to combat terrorism, you also might lose your job for a little harmless revenge porn. What is the world coming to? Remember the good old days when you could hit the lesbian chatroom on AIM and answer the A/S/L question with “19, female, Boise” before catfishing someone to send you their nudes by sending them random porn screenshots you found on sex.com? Of course, it was probably another 13-year-old boy sending you the same exact shit on the other side but you felt like a sexual mastermind when you pulled it off.
Nowadays, catfishing has taken on such sinister, political undertones. Nick Sauer, champion of good behavior and all-around boy scout, is actually a total fucking loser. Dude’s been using his ex-girlfriend’s nudes to seduce unsuspecting men into sending him dick pics. What a monster. Those poor men. Imagine putting your dick on the line, thinking you were trading nudes in good faith with a pretty young woman, only to learn that you’d been corresponding with the Republican state representative that you didn’t even vote for because who the fuck cares about state reps? The dude who stuck 4 billion signs in yards around Illinois around election time, knowing the only chance he had was to tattoo his vanilla name in the voters’ minds so they’d check his box in the booth on familiarity alone? There’s no level to which politicians won’t stoop to get their rocks off, and it has to be stopped. How many more innocent men will unknowingly send their testicles and shafts to a legislator before we do something?
Oh, and don’t use your ex-girlfriend’s nudes either. That’s bad too.
PS- if you’d told me that guy, with that face, had posed as a naked woman to solicit dick pics, I would have yawned.