Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) said she once fought off another lawmaker’s advances using a rolled-up newspaper.
McCollum told The Star Tribune that she used the paper to stop another member of Congress from giving her an unwanted hug in the House cloakroom.
“ ‘What the hell are you doing? Go away!’ ” the lawmaker recounted saying to the congressman.
She said other lawmakers watched and laughed at the pair as she used the newspaper against him.
“I sort of handled it with humor, but it was very clear,” McCollum said. “He never bothered me again.”
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