Martha McSally, who shook the U. S. Senate with an unprecedented statement describing her rape by a senior Air Force officer, took an unconventional path to what is sometimes known as the nation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Martha McSally, who shook the U. S. Senate with an unprecedented statement describing her rape by a senior Air Force officer, took an unconventional path to what is sometimes known as the nation’s “most exclusive club.”
The Republican senator from Arizona lost her race for the Senate in November, but ended up taking a seat there anyway after being named to replace the late John McCain.
On Wednesday, she joined another exclusive group, albeit one that no one would want to belong to, when she became only the second sitting U. S. senator to describe publicly her own sexual assault, surprising fellow members as she detailed how she had been raped while serving in the U. S. military.
“I was preyed upon and then raped by a superior officer,” McSally, 52, said during a Senate hearing on sexual assault in the military.
