This story raises so many questions for me.
Here are the details via Necole Bitchie:
Meet Joe Morrissey, a 57-year-old Virginia state Senate candidate who just recently confirmed that he impregnated and fathered a two-month-old son with his 19-year-old former intern, Myrna Pride.
Pride met Morrissey when she was 17 and working as his secretary. Their work relationship soon turned sexual though, ultimately landing Morrissey in handcuffs last year. The then-delegate resigned his seat, pled guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor,” but ended up being placed on a 90-day work release. Crazy enough, in January, while in jail, he was re-elected in a special election. He later resigned again and is currently running for senator.
This picture is very disturbing. Not only is she only 19 and had sexual relations with him while she was underage, this photo resembles a slave master and his ‘prized possession’.
The fact that Morrissey only had to do a 90-day work release program and never got any real jail time is baffling to me, especially because we know how different it would’ve been had he been African-American and she’d been white.
The craziest part of it all was that he was re-elected back to the House of Delegates while he was in jail. I seriously have to question humanity if we can re-elect a man who has had sexual relations with a minor.
Media needs to do a better job at broadcasting people like this. This man is a rapist and should not even be allowed to run for any political position. He should be registered as a sex offender and should have served more time in prison.
Morrissey has made it known that he plans to marry the 19-year-old. He is currently running for Senator of Virginia. I for one, won’t be voting for him.