Vitter said the issue has been "misrepresented" and "misreported," and he called it old news.
"Well, the event was two years ago. The discipline he got in the office was two years ago," Vitter told reporters.
The senator's remarks came on the heels of an announcement from the National Organization for Women over the weekend calling on the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee to censure Sen. David Vitter for tolerating the behavior of a top aide who allegedly threatened to kill a female friend and held her at knife-point during a 90-minute ordeal.
When asked why he had assigned Furer to handle women's issues, Vitter said that he had done no such thing.
"He was not," Vitter said. "That's just one of several issues that have been completely misreported. Tanya Newman, Nicole Herbert in my office are assigned to women's issues. That's always been the case."
However, numerous legislative guide books over the past several years identify Furer as Vitter's point man on women's issues. And Beth Meeks, the executive director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence said in an interview Tuesday that she had been in Washington in June – just before news of the incident went public – and that Vitter had assigned Furer to meet with her to discuss the senator's views on domestic violence legislation. She said she was advised the Furer was the senator's point man on women's issues.
So now it appears the Senator is trying to lie himself out of this. Why would a staff member who was not responsible for these matters then be assigned as point person for issue advocacy groups?
It appears this is nothing new from Vitter.During his Prostitution Scandal he followed the exact SAME operation – Hide from the media for several weeks and then claims the issues is “in the past.”But the Senator has never come clean with the residents of this state.
David Vitter has NEVER answered any questions about the prostitution scandal OR this latest scandal.He wants to say this was “two years ago” but as the reporter pointed out in the video – the employee was only made to resign two weeks ago.
Tick Tock Senator, when are you going to come clean with your voters?
