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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:27 PM Dec 2017

Wife Of KY Rep. Who Died From Suicide After Allegations To Run For His Seat

Source: Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM Published DECEMBER 14, 2017 4:55 PM

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The wife of a Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself after a sexual assault allegation surfaced this week defended her husband Thursday and said she will run for his seat because “these high-tech lynchings based on lies and half-truths can’t be allowed to win the day.”

In a statement a day after Dan Johnson’s suicide, Rebecca Johnson said she has been fighting behind her husband for 30 years and “his fight will go on.”

“Dan is gone but the story of his life is far from over,” she said.

Johnson shot himself Wednesday night near a road in a secluded area. Two days earlier, the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published a story detailing allegations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in his basement in 2013. The story prompted state leaders of both major political parties to call for his resignation, and authorities reopened the investigation that had been closed without charges.

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Wife Of KY Rep. Who Died From Suicide After Allegations To Run For His Seat (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

I feel so sorry for the woman he assaulted . How they are dragging her name through the mud is lunasun Dec 2017 #1

of course d_r Dec 2017 #2

Boy, she's sure grieving hard (not). brush Dec 2017 #3

Really does seem like some psychopathy there... Tiggeroshii Dec 2017 #6

another fundie thumper snooper2 Dec 2017 #19

It sounds like the woman he defeated may run, again, and she's the widow of the previous rep Siwsan Dec 2017 #4

I don't know what it is, but there's something that seems rather twisted about that decision and I Tiggeroshii Dec 2017 #5

We just got the plot for next season of "House of Cards." yallerdawg Dec 2017 #7

Probably the best job she can try to get n2doc Dec 2017 #8

Guess she can't wait for all those coal jobs to come back. ToxMarz Dec 2017 #15

IMPT read post about him by slacktivist blog at patheos. Link to horrific expose of him bobbieinok Dec 2017 #9

She just wants to stay on the gravy train since the church is probably dead as a revenue stream Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #10

I do believe you nailed it.... dhill926 Dec 2017 #17

Wow RhodeIslandOne Dec 2017 #11

She got over that situation quickly. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2017 #12

Well, one can't mourn forever you know! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #18

She could take over the other jobs he had - chaplain to the White House and ambassador to the U. N. dalton99a Dec 2017 #13

Maybe she should set fire to the family car ChubbyStar Dec 2017 #14

Dan is gone but the story of his life is far from over, she said. Yeah, just ask his victim. nt DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #16

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. I feel so sorry for the woman he assaulted . How they are dragging her name through the mud is

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:30 PM

Dec 2017

deplorable.

d_r

(6,907 posts)

2. of course

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:31 PM

Dec 2017

brush

(53,787 posts)

3. Boy, she's sure grieving hard (not).

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:31 PM

Dec 2017

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

6. Really does seem like some psychopathy there...

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:41 PM

Dec 2017

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

19. another fundie thumper

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 11:42 AM

Dec 2017

I'm sure his constituents will welcome her LOL

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

4. It sounds like the woman he defeated may run, again, and she's the widow of the previous rep

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:35 PM

Dec 2017

Whew - wondered if that would all fit in the title!

Anyway, it would be interesting if they ended up running against each other.

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

5. I don't know what it is, but there's something that seems rather twisted about that decision and I

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:39 PM

Dec 2017

can't quite put my finger on it.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

7. We just got the plot for next season of "House of Cards."

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:43 PM

Dec 2017

Too soon?

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

8. Probably the best job she can try to get

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:47 PM

Dec 2017

More sucking on the Government Teat.What a piece of work.

ToxMarz

(2,169 posts)

15. Guess she can't wait for all those coal jobs to come back.

Reply to n2doc (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:19 PM

Dec 2017

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)

9. IMPT read post about him by slacktivist blog at patheos. Link to horrific expose of him

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:12 PM

Dec 2017

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

10. She just wants to stay on the gravy train since the church is probably dead as a revenue stream

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:20 PM

Dec 2017

because she's nowhere near as skilled a con artist as dear hubby was...

dhill926

(16,343 posts)

17. I do believe you nailed it....

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:13 PM

Dec 2017

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

11. Wow

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:38 PM

Dec 2017

Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

12. She got over that situation quickly.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:47 PM

Dec 2017

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

18. Well, one can't mourn forever you know!

Reply to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 10:59 AM

Dec 2017

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)

13. She could take over the other jobs he had - chaplain to the White House and ambassador to the U. N.

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Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:10 PM

Dec 2017

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)

14. Maybe she should set fire to the family car

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:18 PM

Dec 2017

Hubby had that trick dialed in....

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

16. Dan is gone but the story of his life is far from over, she said. Yeah, just ask his victim. nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:36 PM

Dec 2017

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