# Now, Blake Farenthold **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 8, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928 "2017-12-08T17:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/1 "2017-12-08T17:12:44Z")
Blake Farenthold (R-TX) has been discovered to have used $84K in taxpayers’ money to settle a sexual harassment case. Not a lot of excitement for him to step down. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/2 "2017-12-08T17:55:13Z")
I’m not sure how I will remember this jackass years from now: the guy who used taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim and then Paul Ryan and others clammed up on whether he should step down… … or [for this.](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/susan-collins-caught-on-hot-mic-calling-blake-farenthold-unattractive-and-fat/article/2629611) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/3 "2017-12-08T18:02:58Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I’m not sure how I will remember this jackass years from now: the guy who used taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim and then Paul Ryan and others clammed up on whether he should step down… > > … or [for this.](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/susan-collins-caught-on-hot-mic-calling-blake-farenthold-unattractive-and-fat/article/2629611) You’re actually equating the two incidents? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/4 "2017-12-08T18:22:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re actually equating the two incidents? Sometimes a joke is just a joke. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/5 "2017-12-08T18:24:39Z")
At this rate I worry that all of these Dems and Repubs getting busted for harassment might form a third party. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/6 "2017-12-08T18:36:54Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re actually equating the two incidents? Maybe not the same, but of a piece: he said that some legislation was held up by “some female senators from the Northeast,” and said that had she been a man from Texas he would’ve challenged her to a duel (#notshittingyou). Collins had seen a picture of him wearing a onesie covered in ducks, posing next to a Playboy bunny. She made fun of his appearance on that occasion, but ferchrissakes, **she was provoked**. Farenthold does not, lemme think how to say this, come across as the paragon of a feminist dude. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/7 "2017-12-08T19:38:47Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > At this rate I worry that all of these Dems and Repubs getting busted for harassment might form a third party. Like many lame parties before it this will be a total sausage fest. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/8 "2017-12-08T19:40:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re actually equating the two incidents? Of ways in which I might remember this jackass? It’s just like saying, “I’m not sure how I will think of OJ Simpson in the future – as a murderer or the guy in the Hertz commercials.” Doesn’t mean murder and running in an airport are being equated. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/9 "2017-12-08T22:45:49Z")
I have the misfortune of being one of Mr. Farenthold’s constitutuents. I’m going to be doing my best to make sure he is not re-elected next year. Fortunately there are some Democrats challenging him. Unfortunately the Democratic Party in my area has become weak lately, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins re-election next year. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/10 "2017-12-08T22:53:47Z")
This has actually been bouncing aroung in political circles most of the week, but it had been overshadowed by Franken/Conyers. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/11 "2017-12-08T22:58:54Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > This has actually been bouncing aroung in political circles most of the week, but it had been overshadowed by Franken/Conyers. I’ve read stories about it on Politico but most folks that I talk to haven’t heard a thing about it. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/12 "2017-12-08T23:07:14Z")
The local news stations and newspaper have also had minimal coverage of this. Instead the big news was a recent visit by Melania Trump and Karen Pence to the area, and now a snowstorm that we had last night. There has been no to minimal local coverage of the accusations against Mr. Farenthold, and minimal outrage about the lack of coverage. Edited to add. There’s more info here on the dope regarding the Farenthold situation than there has been in the local paper and all the local new stations combined. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/13 "2017-12-09T02:11:01Z")
We’re gonna to need a bigger Ethics Panel. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/14 "2017-12-09T03:21:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We’re gonna to need a bigger Ethics Panel. There’s rumors swirling that we are gonna need a MUCH bigger ethics panel. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/15 "2017-12-09T03:28:49Z")
Seeing as how getting more ethics is out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/16 "2017-12-09T03:37:16Z")
Let he who has not used thousands of $$ of taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim throw the first stone. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/17 "2017-12-09T05:33:30Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Let he who has not used thousands of $$ of taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim throw the first stone. It’s going to be a she who casts that stone. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/18 "2017-12-09T05:38:46Z")
Sorry, Biblical references tend to come across as mono-gendered. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/19 "2018-04-07T00:08:04Z")
He has resigned: > **[Texas Congressman Who Settled Harassment Case With Taxpayer Funds Resigns...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/farenthold-harassment-case-resigns.html)** > > Representative Blake Farenthold of Texas, who settled a sexual harassment case with $84,000 in taxpayer funds, abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928/20 "2018-04-07T02:28:38Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > He has resigned: > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/farenthold-harassment-case-resigns.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/farenthold-harassment-case-resigns.html) He’s just looking for “new ways to serve”. I have a [few](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_35kDzNt-gTQ/TLtLMWcAfGI/AAAAAAAAD84/4dgexWKsb14/s1600/shoveling-shit_design.png) [ideas](http://www.weirdpicturearchive.com/pics/elephant-rectal-exam.php). Stranger [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-blake-farenthold/803928.md?page=2)