Friday, March 14, 2014 10:06:34 PM
New Hampshire GOP Lawmaker Refuses To Apologize For 'Battered Women' Comment
by Amanda Terkel
Posted: 03/14/2014 5:19 pm EDT Updated: 03/14/2014 6:59 pm EDT
A New Hampshire state lawmaker is refusing to apologize for posting a sexually explicit image on Facebook [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/kyle-tasker-battered-women_n_4943880.html ] about "battered women," saying it was never meant to be a joke and is being misconstrued.
The exchange happened on the Facebook page of the Greater Nashua Tea Party on Monday. State Rep. Kyle Tasker (R) went into a discussion [ https://www.facebook.com/GreaterNashuaTea/posts/551870651586524 ] thread about the New Hampshire GOP's refusal to stand by state Rep. Mark Warden (R), who came under scrutiny in recent days for saying, "Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships [ http://www.wmur.com/politics/State-rep-criticized-over-domestic-violence-comments/19111056 ]."
Tasker posted a graphic [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/kyle-tasker-battered-women_n_4943880.html ] with a joke about "battered women [ http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/kyle2345tasker9320.png ]":
On Thursday, Tasker said he wasn't going to apologize for the post because his "intent was pure."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/14/kyle-tasker-facebook_n_4967060.html [with embedded video report, and comments]
by Amanda Terkel
Posted: 03/14/2014 5:19 pm EDT Updated: 03/14/2014 6:59 pm EDT
A New Hampshire state lawmaker is refusing to apologize for posting a sexually explicit image on Facebook [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/kyle-tasker-battered-women_n_4943880.html ] about "battered women," saying it was never meant to be a joke and is being misconstrued.
The exchange happened on the Facebook page of the Greater Nashua Tea Party on Monday. State Rep. Kyle Tasker (R) went into a discussion [ https://www.facebook.com/GreaterNashuaTea/posts/551870651586524 ] thread about the New Hampshire GOP's refusal to stand by state Rep. Mark Warden (R), who came under scrutiny in recent days for saying, "Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships [ http://www.wmur.com/politics/State-rep-criticized-over-domestic-violence-comments/19111056 ]."
Tasker posted a graphic [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/kyle-tasker-battered-women_n_4943880.html ] with a joke about "battered women [ http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/kyle2345tasker9320.png ]":
On Thursday, Tasker said he wasn't going to apologize for the post because his "intent was pure."
[...]
Copyright © 2014 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/14/kyle-tasker-facebook_n_4967060.html [with embedded video report, and comments]
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