A Republican and Democratic senator from the Florida legislature admitted to an extramarital affair in a startling revelation that only came forth after a video from a secret surveillance camera was shown.
The images first appeared on an anonymous website early Tuesday, showing video of the affair between state Senators Oscar Braynon, Democrat from Miami Gardens, and Anitere Flores, Republican from Miami.
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anonymous website posts peephole videos & pics it claims show <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Florida?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Florida</a> Sen. Anitere Flores going in and out of Sen. Oscar Branyon's Tallahassee condo overnight. It's steps away from her own condo. The Republican & Democrat released statement apologizing for affair this morning. <a href="https://t.co/4aNrpBTMrc">pic.twitter.com/4aNrpBTMrc</a></p>— Jenna Bourne (@jennaANjax) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennaANjax/status/950772375242539009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Knowing full well that without a statement from themselves the floor would be opened for questioning, the two veteran senators issued one themselves shortly before the Senate session began, claiming that they “do not want gossip and rumors to distract from the important business of the people.”
Whilst acknowledging that “our longtime friendship evolved to a level that we deeply regret.”
“We have sought the forgiveness of our families, and also seek the forgiveness of our constituents and God.”
“We ask everyone else to respect and provide our families the privacy that they deserve as we move past this to focus on the important work ahead.”
The website shows the moment one of the Senators enters the room of the other one and gives a fully detailed explanation of the affair. It can be found at: http://floresbraynonaffair.com/
There is no information as to ownership of the site, who wrote the text of how they got the videos.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Again, Anitere Flores and Oscar Branyon need to resign. They have both violated and lost the public's trust <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sayfie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sayfie</a><br> ⚡️ “Two Florida state senators appear to admit to a bipartisan affair” <a href="https://t.co/aFdSk6sJhU">https://t.co/aFdSk6sJhU</a></p>— David Biddle (@davidebiddle) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidebiddle/status/950835561144741890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The internet went abuzz with calls for their resignations following the news.
Source:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-reg-senators-affair-20180109-story.html
