State Rep. Anika Omphroy and state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith
A Broward County Democratic state House member said she was "bullied, threatened and verbally assaulted" by a Democratic state lawmaker from Orlando at a party meeting Saturday.
Rep. Anika Omphroy wrote a letter to GOP House Speaker Jose Oliva on Monday calling for an ethics investigation into what she said was a "blatant display of aggression" by Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith at a state Democratic Executive Committee meeting at the Rosen Centre hotel.
Omphroy, 40, a freshman representative from Lauderdale Lakes, wrote that Smith "approached me in a threatening and aggressive manner as I sat at the table with others. I was uncomfortable as [he] kneeled directly in front of my legs, at which point I was forced to readjust myself due to my attire, which was a dress and leggings.
Rep. Smith is openly gay."Smith pounded his hand and lashed out at me with a barrage of offensive verbal assaults, and a display of blatant aggression in the presence of others who witnessed his behavior," she continued. "Smith trapped my movements due to his strategic body placement and positioning of his body in front of me."
Smith's "bullying and demoralizing behavior must be addressed by you," Omphroy wrote to Oliva and in an almost identical letter to the House Democratic Caucus.
"Smith's behavior was a show of dominance over me as a woman," she wrote. "This behavior against women must stop. No women should suffer mental anguish or emotional distress from anyone, regardless of the abuser's political affiliation, race or sexuality."
Who wins in this SJW fight? Black Straight Woman or Gay Hispanic Male?
