Virginia Democrats defend Susanna Gibson after sex-livestream revelation – By Richard Luscombe (The Guardian) / Oct 24, 2023
Party calls explicit Republican flyers ‘desperate’ attempt to foil Democratic challenger and distract voters from abortion ban
Democrats in Virginia are defending their candidate for a competitive statehouse seat against “desperate” efforts by Republicans to exploit her appearances on an adult porn website.
The state’s Republican party has admitted it sent out several thousand “explicit” flyers to voters in House district 57 containing still images reportedly of Democrat Susanna Gibson engaged in livestreamed sex acts with her husband.
The nurse practitioner and first-time candidate denounced as “gutter politics” the publication of a report last month that the couple had performed on the pornographic website Chaturbate in exchange for electronic “tips”. Videos of their encounters were archived last year, according to a Washington Post report, although it is unclear when they were shot.
