NE Republican Resigns Over Secret Photos Of Aide

The Nebraska Examiner reports:

State Sen. Mike Groene announced that he was resigning Friday afternoon, just a couple of hours after denying accusations that he took sexually inappropriate photographs of a female legislative aide.

The development came quickly after an Omaha-based website reported, and legislative leaders confirmed, that a legislative aide of the senator had filed a complaint that Groene had taken inappropriate photographs of her while in their State Capitol office.

“The pictures appeared to have been taken by Groene and then emailed from him to other parties with email captions of a sexual nature,” the website reported. “In today’s world, if you want to take a picture of someone, you should say ‘I’m taking a picture.’ But I didn’t, and I apologized for it,” said Groene.

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According to the piece, Groene is infamous for being crude to fellow lawmakers and constituents. In 2019 he pushed for placing “In God We Trust” signs in every public school classroom.

And there’s this from Wikipedia:

Groene opposes measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and stated that he wanted to become infected with the virus. He successfully contracted COVID in October 2020. Groene personally insulted his constituents who contacted him in disagreement with his response to the pandemic and his desire to become infected. Groene called constituents “stupid,” “fanatic,” and “pathetic” because of their opinion that the virus should be controlled.

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