(Discern Report)—Yesterday started off poorly for Democrat Senator Ben Cardin as a staffer, Aidan Maese-Czeropski, was caught screaming “Free Palestine” at Congressman Max Miller. It got worse for both Cardin and Maese-Czeropski when a video was leaked showing the homosexual staffer having sex in a Senate hearing room.
Now, that staffer is gone.
According to Just The News:
A staffer for Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., who was caught filming himself having sex in the Judiciary Committee hearing room, has been fired, according to a statement from the senator’s office circulating on X, formerly Twitter.
“Aidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate. We will have no further comment on this personnel matter,” a spokeswoman for the senator told the New York Post.
The 24-year-old legislative aide posted video of himself having sex with another man on a public X account, with his face clearly visible, according to The Spectator, which first broke the story Friday.
This is the same room where Supreme Court nominees are questioned by senators, and where then-FBI Director James Comey testified about alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election.
The United States Capitol Police are looking into potential criminal violations. “We are aware and looking into this,” a rep for the USCP told the Post.
The former staffer admitted in a statement on LinkedIn that he had “shown poor judgement.”
While all this is may seem horrible for Democrats in general and Senator Cardin in particular, it’s very likely the vast majority of Americans have no idea. Perhaps they heard from friends about the porn incident, but corporate media has completely ignored this story. It’s currently not on the front page of any of the major mainstream news sites.
Imagine if an aide for Senator Ted Cruz was caught filming sex in a Senate hearing room. There would be calls for arrests. Corporate media would be covering it nonstop. Democrats would call it the end of Democracy. But for this story, there’s complete radio silence.
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