The ex of a Democrat congressman unleashed on the politician Sunday morning after he and his attorney allegedly tried to get her to keep quiet about his bad behavior during their marriage.
Sonya Douglass, a professor and director of the Black Education Research Center at Columbia University Teachers College, accused ex-husband Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) of trying to strongarm her into silence in a devastating tweet thread. …
“I had no intention of posting anything and kept quiet the entire campaign,” she continued. “To think I would even want to mention his name is ridiculous. Who looks through the trash after you’ve taken it out? But I don’t respond well to bullying or intimidation so here we are.”
The pair married in 2000, and it is not clear if they are now officially divorced. On Saturday, Douglass tweeted that she would be released “from this never-ending nightmare” as soon as Horsford signs the divorce papers. In 2020, Horsford, who is seeking a third term representing parts of Las Vegas in the upcoming election, admitted to a more than a decade-long extramarital affair with Gabriela Linder, a former intern of the late Democrat Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid.
[Here are the tweets. As always in divorce actions, take all accusations with a grain of salt, but if the NDA push is true, it was a stupid move — and the backfire could be tremendous. NV-01 is only a D+1 district, and Horsford never has gotten more than 52% of the vote in any of his elections. — Ed]
I had no intention of posting anything and kept quiet the entire campaign. To think I would even want to mention his name is ridiculous. Who looks through the trash after you’ve taken it out? But I don’t respond well to bullying or intimidation so here we are.
— Sonya Douglass, EdD (@drsonyadouglass) October 30, 2022
But through it all, I am stronger, wiser, and happier than I’ve ever been in my entire adult life. 🙌🏽 I pray my journey encourages others to trust God and accept nothing less than the peace, respect, and love we all deserve.🙏🏽🥰❤️
— Sonya Douglass, EdD (@drsonyadouglass) October 30, 2022
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