It’s only been a few weeks since Sonya Jaquez Lewis resigned from the Colorado Senate amidst accusations that she mistreated her young employees.
Now we learn that House Democrats were also investigating state Rep. Regina English for some bizarre treatment of her aides but kept that unfolding scandal hush hush.
Surprisingly, it was the Democrat Mothership that broke the story:
A Colorado lawmaker has been accused of retaliating against and mistreating her aides, including documented allegations that she ignored an aide’s complaint of sexual harassment by a relative of the lawmaker last year, The Denver Post has confirmed.
Regina English is accused of many things. She is said to have used slurs against LGBTQ+ people, and required her aide to act as a driver for a relative, hauling him back and forth between the Capitol and Colorado Springs.
The unidentified relative allegedly made repeated romantic advances and touched the aide in an inappropriate manner, the Post reports.
Check out the full story linked here that includes more complaints from other aides, excessive staff turnover in the office, and using campaign funds to mostly pay for people at the same home address as the state representative.
She seems charming.
Rep. Regina English, who was the subject of this Denver Post article, appears to respond to the article while debating a bill on the floor of the Colorado House this morning. English says she “will not be intimidated by a reporter” and won’t back down “no matter what an article… https://t.co/aBulwFC0dw pic.twitter.com/hJ6uZYM2Wl
— Brandon Richard (@BrandonLRichard) March 31, 2025
State Senate leaders took actions against Lewis, even as her investigation was unfolding and stripped her of committee assignments.
However, House Democrat leaders closed their inquiry in December for lack of evidence that English violated their workplace harassment policy, and yet concerns were still expressed by some lawmakers on matters that fell beyond the purview of the workplace.
When the Post asked House Speaker Julie McCluskie about next steps, she pontificated thusly:
“I do think, in light of what we’ve seen now in the Senate, with a member and concerns that were raised by aides in that chamber, that over this interim it may be time for us to revisit these policies to ensure that they continue to work effectively for both those who feel there’s been a violation … and also for those who feel they’ve been complained against.”
It sure sounds like McCluskie thinks the policies worked effectively for both the elected member and the staffers, one of whom has since left the state.
She also sounded more concerned that workplace policies benefit the elected official as opposed to their underpaid and overworked staffers.
That might explain why McCluskie put the brakes on a plan to turn their workplace relations office into more of a human resources department to help enforce all of those government regulations they pass and force the rest of us to live with.
The Post says lawmakers want to move “slowly to ensure its costs don’t put too much pressure on a cash-strapped budget.”
Right.
And we all saw recently how dedicated McCluskie is to saving taxpayer the state’s money, that she’s even willing for us to pay for state workers to abort their children because she says it’s cheaper to kill the babies than give birth.
SHOCKING: Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) is effectively encouraging Coloradans on Medicaid to have an abortion instead of giving birth, because it’s cheaper for the state.
This occurred yesterday. Really showing your cards @McCluskieforCO #COPolitics pic.twitter.com/lbhguaYLeO
— Scott Shamblin (@scottpshamblin) March 26, 2025