EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock called on Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY) to fire staffer Jay Townsend after he wrote, “Let’s hurl some acid at those female democratic senators who won’t abide the mandates they want to impose on the private sector” on a Facebook political forum.
Schriock’s statement:
“The threats made against Democratic women Senators yesterday night by Tea Party Republican spokesperson Jay Townsend are without a doubt the most disgusting thing I have ever heard in politics. There is no place – not in our government, not anywhere in the world – for the suggestion that women we disagree with should be attacked and maimed with acid. The EMILY’s List community is outraged, and I am outraged. The fact that this person continues to have a job is an insult to women everywhere. Republicans pretend they aren’t waging a war on women, but their inaction today is absolutely chilling.”
