Katie Hill was one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party, one of the new feminist wave figures who won her the House of Representatives in November 2018. At age 31, she had managed to eliminate the outgoing Republican, Steve Knight, in the 25e California riding, the former bastion of Ronald Reagan.
Sportswoman, installed in a ranch populated with cows and goats, she had made herself noticed with a clip of countryside where one saw her climbing a rocky peak. The video remained in the annals of image consultants. " It's hard, Katie admits, short of breath, clinging to the wall 30 meters above the ground. But not as much as going to Congress while the business world supports the opponent. "
The protected Nancy Pelosi
The press had loved its "ultra-millennial" campaign. Activists, her unconventional Republican police girl profile claiming her bisexuality. Some Hollywood celebrities had helped her finance her campaign. Director of a homeless NGO in Los Angeles, Katie Hill wanted to show that everyone has a place in Congress: "Young people, queers, working people, imperfect people. "
In the House she had positioned herself in the center, as opposed to the progressive group of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's friends. The "speaker" Nancy Pelosi immediately put her foot in the stirrup, delighted to integrate a millennial centrist in the direction of the Democratic parliamentary group.
Less than a year after being elected, Katie Hill announced her resignation from the House of Representatives on October 27. Victim of an attack porn revenge, a smear campaign based on sexually transmitted images on the Internet.
Her accusers also insinuated that she had had an affair with a member of the team put at her disposal by the Chamber, which would be problematic.
A few days later, she gave her last speech to her colleagues. "Since the photos came out, I have hardly left my bed. (…) I am terrified of the idea of finding myself in front of the people I dropped. " According to her, the photos come from the collection of her husband, Kenny Heslep. Katie and he had known each other since high school, but it seems he did not accept his departure for Washington and his divorce while he was unemployed.
