A former Congressional Black Caucus fellow who accused a congressman of sexually harassing her in 2013 said Wednesday on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” that a “pervasive, incestuous silence” prevents women “from speaking up because they don’t have the courage to speak out against such a powerful person.”
M. Reese Everson said there is a “little system” among congressional staffers that warns “other young ladies to kind of stay away from certain people.” Noting that she had heard no warnings about the congressman she worked for before she began her fellowship, Everson said she was shocked and disturbed when the congressman asked her if he could “flirt” with her to help her “excel” in her career.
“So it was at that moment that I realized, OK. You’ve got to get out of here, because this is a situation that is only going to turn for the worse,” Everson told host Laura Ingraham. “And as a young woman, your instinct is fight, flight or freeze. And my instinct was to run.”
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