# The VA Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax Allegations **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979 "2019-02-05T00:16:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/141 "2019-02-10T16:28:38Z")
I’m not sure what’s more likely and clearly neither do you. I just lack your misguided confidence. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/142 "2019-02-10T16:36:51Z")
We could just nominate and elect women for positions of power. Got no problem with that. The soft guys with the wobbly bits run things? Why not? We of the stinky/hairy gender had about…what?..ten thousand years? Maybe they won’t be better, but they could hardly do worse. “Yes. Dear!”. A slogan for the future! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/143 "2019-02-10T23:04:23Z")
OK, let’s assume that Fairfax has never forced himself on any woman. That means that either: 1. Accuser #2, whose law firm says she has multiple persons who remember her saying back in 2000 that Fairfax raped her, is lying, and all these other people must be lying too. Or: 2. She spread this slander against Fairfax back in 2000 and is now coming forward to take advantage of it, but the people to whom she lied back in 2000 aren’t lying. The likelihood that either story would hang together for long is minimal. Under #1, her false witnesses would realize that they’re getting into water above their heads, and one or more would recant. Under #2, this woman’s been living a life built on lies, and plenty of people will come forward to say that. #1: People who are asked, or paid, to tell stories supporting a larger story that they have no stake in, don’t usually expect to be on the receiving end of tough questions, and they throw in the towel when those questions come. And #2: people who’ve gotten tangled up with chronic liars generally love to reveal that fact if one of those lies gets publicity. This isn’t rocket science. And yeah, some other liar might come forward and say, “Yeah, women were always complaining about getting raped by him,” but then he’ll be asked, “OK, name three,” and his story will fall apart too. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/144 "2019-02-13T00:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > A woman who alleged Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax raped her in college was accused of harassing and threatening a man she had a relationship with, according to Maryland court records. > > The man sought and received a restraining order against Meredith Watson in July 2008, the records show. > > In a petition for the restraining order, obtained by POLITICO, the man described an incident in which Watson “was detaining me against my will missing [and] not letting me leave” a vacation house in Corolla, North Carolina, and “dented the trunk” of his vehicle with her fist. In another instance, Watson showed up at his house stating “she was going to kill herself” and sent “threatening text messages” to the man, who had his sister come over to persuade her to leave, according to the document. [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/145 "2019-02-13T00:18:52Z")
From a purely governmental standpoint, surely no competent D or R government Top-3 would resign without first having appointed a party loyalist to be in the line of succession? It would be tantamount to Trump and Pence resigning and letting Pelosi take over. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/146 "2019-02-13T01:07:08Z")
I don’t think it is entirely their decision: the appointments have to be approved by the legislative body–and if governor or whatever is in serious political jeopardy then such approval may not happen. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/147 "2019-02-13T02:05:37Z")
I was rather certain someone said earlier in the thread that the lt gov position did not require legislature approval and a quick Google agrees. It seems the replacement lt governor would have to face an election in November to finish out the term, however. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979/148 "2019-02-25T02:16:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared himself to Jim Crow-era lynching victims in a surprise speech Sunday as he resists widespread calls to resign prompted by allegations of sexual assault. > **[Virginia's Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/virginia-s-fairfax-compares-himself-lynching-victims-n975116)** > > GOP state lawmakers announced plans Friday for a public hearing on the allegations against Fairfax, which he has vehemently denied. It just seems to me being lynched is a bit more serious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-allegations/828979.md?page=7)