OC Young Democrats Accuse Top Party Leaders of Sexual Harassment
The chairwoman of the Orange County Young Democrats is standing up for female members who say they have been sexually harassed by "men in power at the Democratic Party of Orange County and/or the Orange County Labor Federation."
Danielle Serbin, who provided a copy of her statement to the Weekly before it was posted on the OCYD Facebook page this morning, says she felt compelled to act after several young women "bravely stepped up to alert the public about their experiences being sexually harassed and abused by men in power in Orange County Democratic and allied organizations."
"We cannot claim to be the party of women’s rights yet condone such outrageous behavior from our leaders," Serbin writes. "We cannot call out President Trump as a sexual harasser who 'grabs ‘em by the pussy,' yet stand idly by while our leaders engage in the same behavior. We are better than this."
Her fellow members went public as part of the Facebook #MeToo campaign that sprang up amid the mounting rape and sexual harassment allegations directed at Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood movie mogul and generous supporters of the Democratic Party.
Read more: http://www.ocweekly.com/news/ocyd-outs-harassers-8509739
The original story was updated several times. The excerpt that I included in this thread is from the original story.
