Hill, who resigned last month, wrote that it was her own decision to step down following the scandal involving nude photos of her that were published without her consent.
Hill was elected in 2018 to represent California's 25th congressional district in Washington, D.C. She was one of the youngest women as well as California's first openly bisexual person to be elected to Congress, reported the. However, she left her office in November, after leaked nude photographs of her were published without her consent on the conservative website. The stories revealed that she had had an affair with a campaign staffer.
Hill dismissed the claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or other leaders in the Democratic Party specifically asked her to relinquish her congressional seat. Instead, she wrote that such speculation"could not be further from the truth." "In fact, one of the most difficult moments during my resignation process was my phone call to the Speaker, a woman I admire more than anyone and whom I had come to love," Hill wrote."She told me I didn't have to do this, that the country needed me and that she wished I hadn't made this decision, but she respected me and what I felt I needed to do. I told her what I told everyone else when I announced my resignation: that it was the right thing to do.
Hill noted in the op-ed that she will continue to"fight" even after resigning and facing thoughts of suicide.about issues in the government; namely, she has expressed support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. "I don't know exactly what's ahead for me," she wrote,"and I know there's a lot more pain ahead. But I'm in the fight, and I'm glad it's not all over after all."Katie Hill, then a candidate for Congress, speaks to supporters at her election night party in California's 25th Congressional district on November 6, 2018 in Santa Clarita, California.
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