Nebraska lawmaker faces calls to resign after injecting colleague's name into explicit rape scene

Mar 19, 2024 View Original Article
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    50% Medium Conservative

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    70% ReliableGood

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  • Politician Portrayal

    66% Negative

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-58% Negative

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"That was so out of line and uecessary, and disgusting to say my name over and over again like that, Cavanaugh told Halloran Monday night, asking for others in the legislative body to also respond to Halloran."
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-8% Liberal
"He maintained that he had invoked his colleagues' names -- I was primarily talking to Sen. John Cavanaugh, he said -- to draw their attention to the language in the book so that they would understand that this should not be in schools."
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-14% Liberal
"Reading from Lucky, a memoir by Alice Sebold that recounts a brutal rape she suffered in college, Halloran repeatedly inserted the name of Sens. Machaela and John Cavanaugh, as well as Sen. George Dungan."
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-16% Liberal
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