House Candidate Apologizes for ‘Politically Incorrect’ Jokes About Choking Women
"I understand that’s not a good look," Alek Skarlatos said at a candidate forum at an Oregon church.
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Oregon congressional candidate Alek Skarlatos is apologizing for making comments about choking women, which he characterized over the weekend as “politically incorrect.” At a candidate forum at a church, he said that he “resent[s]” having to even discuss the matter.
In September, Jezebel reported on Skarlatos’s 2018 podcast appearance in which one of the hosts asked if Skarlatos thought about “if you choked someone and killed them in bed what would happen.” Skarlatos laughed, saying, “Oh yeah. Oh yeah.” In the same conversation, Skarlatos brought up the 2017 trial of a man who successfully argued that he didn’t kill his girlfriend, she just died while performing oral sex. The man “got off, in more ways than one,” said Skarlatos, who was on the podcast to promote a Clint Eastwood movie based on Skarlasos’ own experience thwarting a gun attack on a train.
Someone attending the Sunday forum asked him: “Why were you really laughing about the choking of women during sex?” A reasonable question to ask a man who wants to represent the state of Oregon in Congress!