Iowa Senate Majority Leader Resigns After Video Surfaces, Showing Him Allegedly Cheating On His Wife

I’m really sick of these self-proclaimed “family men” who run as conservatives. So many of them end up acting like Actual Scum.

Case in point.

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix has resigned, because a video surfaced, allegedly showing him kissing a lobbyist. This isn’t an old video, either. This supposedly took place at Waveland Tap bar in Des Moines on March 1st.

What a freaking idiot. Kissing a lobbyist in public? Did he WANT someone to catch him?

The Starting Line report does not identify the woman by name, but describes her “as a lobbyist for various municipality groups.”

The incident occurred on March 1, according to Starting Line.

As a lobbyist, the woman’s professional responsibilities would include attempting to influence Dix on matters of public policy. As the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, Dix controls what legislation comes up for debate. He is an 18-year veteran of the Legislature and is married with three children, according to his legislative biography.

I’d say she’s influencing him quite well.

Anyway, he’s resigned and RIGHTLY SO.

“Effective at 2pm today, Bill Dix resigned his position as Majority Leader and State Senator. I believe he made the right decision for himself and for his district, but most importantly, I believe he made the decision in the best interest of his family,” Iowa Senate President Jack Whitver said in a statement.

BREAKING:Bill Dix resigning at 2 p.m. following release of video of him kissing a lobbyist: https://t.co/nMOHLip4ay pic.twitter.com/cmp7Mqlefs

— Brianne Pfannenstiel (@brianneDMR) March 12, 2018

.@KimReynoldsIA says she doesn’t have all the facts about allegations against Sen. Bill Dix but she’s “extremely disappointed” in what she’s heard. #iagov #ialegis https://t.co/1PPAeDq8pZ

— Kathie Obradovich (@KObradovich) March 12, 2018

Iowa Senate Majority Leader resigns after being filmed kissing a lobbyist at a bar. https://t.co/xCX3mwVzv0

— Jessie Opoien (@jessieopie) March 12, 2018

Thanks for an interesting first day.

Iowa Senate leader Bill Dix resigns after video of him kissing woman in Des Moines bar is postedhttps://t.co/x2MvjkFSzP pic.twitter.com/sxwO1WNrLV

— R. Stassen-Berger (@RachelSB) March 12, 2018

I’m so disappointed in these “conservative” politicians. Everything about this is icky and despicable.

h/t Des Moines Register