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GOP primary winner refuses to be alone with a woman over adultery fears

www.newsweek.com GOP primary winner refuses to be alone with a woman over adultery fears

"Adultery has ruined many a man and the more power or attention the more this attack is ready," Tennessee Republican David Hooven wrote on his website.

Tennessee Republican David Hooven has vowed not to be alone with "a member of another sex" if elected to the state's House of Representatives, as "from Presidents to janitors all are tempted." Hooven made the pledge on his official campaign website, where he said that if elected "my primary focus will be to honor God."

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"my primary focus will be to honor God."

Ever hire on to a new job, and immediately say your primary focus will be something completely irrelevant to your job description/duties?

Like if I hire on as a nurse at a local hospital, and the first thing I tell the nurse manager is: "My primary focus will be browsing cat memes." Guess I can take care of a patient here and there if I get bored. No biggie, right?

...right?
- Sounds like his primary focus is telling the public he literally can't control himself
I find it super weird that all these men who claim to be super-religious simultaneously claim that they don't have control over their own animal urges. He is basically saying "All men are tempted by all women, and there's nothing I can do about it, so we should just eject unescorted women from anything important, for their own protection, because I can't be trusted".

Thats bullshit. That man took a (presumably religious) vow to honor his wife, and shouldn't expect the rest of the world to perform the hard part of that vow for him.
- And if you think such a man wouldn't vote to make it a crime to be alone with someone of the opposite sex who isn't your spouse then you haven't been paying attention. They want us to become Gilead.
“my primary focus will be to honor God.”

Then stay out of the fucking government.
- If he wants to honor god, shouldn't he become a priest or something? It's bullshit how many politicians think it's okay to push their religious views onto everyone else (and even more bullshit how they don't even get punished or stopped from doing so).
“You can’t trust me to behave like an adult in a room with just one other person, but you can trust me with the power of the state.”
- I mean it sounds a heck of a lot more like he doesn't want to create any room for false accusations. I know professors who follow this logic and don't hold private meetings with any students primary out of protection of themselves from being accused of something. If you're a politician with enemies I can at least see the logic to some extent.
  
  That is standard, but what this nut is saying is that he wont do it because of God, not what you are talking about.
Next week's article: "Tennessee Republican David Hooven's mistress has alleged..."
- …that his homosexual relationship with the representative did not violate his promise to not be alone with the opposite sex.
- Right?! This reads like "had some issues in the past, but so far they've all been under the rug, and need to keep it that way."
Religious people terrify me
How long until we find out he's somehow in the closet?
- Vow didn't say nothing about being alone with other men 😏
  
  It didn't, and you have to wonder if that's telling, or if he's not saying that because it would make his statements more suspect.
Sounds like something the Taliban would say
I must be some kind of super human man as I can spend hours with women without having sex. Is there any way to monetize this outworldly power?
- I respect that he's taking the steps necessary to prevent him from raping women.
  
  though perhaps the lack of self control that renders these steps necessary... should be considered disqualifying for elected office.
  
  Yeah, maybe consider therapy instead of a public position.
Republicans know they can't be trusted around women.
- These people know that everyone knows they can't be trusted, so they set up these weird rules that I guess they assume are what normal virtuous people do.
  
  It's like proving you're not an alcoholic by showing everyone you're throwing out all the alcohol in your house. Sure that's good I guess, but normal people don't have to do that in the first place, and also nothing that you did actually prevents you from completely going back on your word.
  
  It says a lot about his intended audience.
Hooven made the pledge on his official campaign website, where he said that if elected “my primary focus will be to honor God.”

Wait, does he know becoming a religious leader is an option? And I don't...Think you need to be elected for it? So it's even more affordable!
- For the sake of our children, we should be glad he doesn't know that.
  
  Damn, dark but kinda on mark
Completely unnecessary thing to commit to for a normal person with a properly aligned moral compass. This dude is creepy as fuck.
Things a sexual predator would say.
Men can have sex with each other too. As a man, I don't know if I'd feel safe alone with him. Maybe no one should be alone with him. I don't think anyone would be safe.
Fuckin weirdo
Holy fuck. What a low bar these voters have. And wanna bet this guy will break the no-rape pledge?
- I would wager money the reason this dude is afraid of being alone with a woman is because he was tempted before and "couldn't stop himself". Religious psychopaths, the lot of um.
Does he own a gun?

Because if he's tempted to rape any women he's alone with, wouldn't he also be likely to kill someone?
So, Mike Pence again?
- What would Mother think?
This is the best summary I could come up with:

Tennessee Republican David Hooven has vowed not to be alone with "a member of another sex" if elected to the state's House of Representatives, as "from Presidents to janitors all are tempted."

Hooven made the pledge on his official campaign website, where he said that if elected "my primary focus will be to honor God."

The contests in District 52 and 86 saw the re-election of two Democrats who had been expelled from the House after joining a gun control protest inside the building in March.

Hooven made a number of vows on his campaign website, which he solemnly pledged and promised to uphold if elected.

The election was called after Republican Representative Scotty Campbell resigned in April, after an investigation found he'd violated the legislature's policy on workplace harassment and discrimination.

Also on Thursday, 12 candidates ran to be the next mayor of Nashville, with Freddie O'Connell and Alice Rolli topping the poll with 27,470 and 20,458 votes respectively.

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Sounds like a reason to remove women from his work force
- and then we should pull that thread a little further and say that actually that’s sex discrimination so rather than remove the women from his work force just remove him instead
  
  How dare you keep him from practicing his religion! You're the intolerant one! /s
This pledge is meaningless if he gay or bisexual.
- I mean fuck his political pledge It's religion based and that shouldn't come into play for the government.
Maybe he's had historical adultery issues. Him staying away from temptation or any way for it to look sketchy shouldn't be a news story? Sounds like people just want to hate more on republicans.

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