Michael Brodkorb created a hostile work environment, Republican senator says

I'm not clear on the anonymous allegation.  Was he creating hostile work environment by sexually harassing people or was he just a jerk?  One of those things sounds potentially actionable and the other sounds like par for the political course.

I'm also not particularly keen on the anonymous source's suggestion that a woman in power is "really" having the show run by the guy she's sleeping with.  That's rather offensive, actually.

Well good to know the GOP is a total hot mess. 

Citypages should be commended for their reporting of this story so far... It really gives you some good insight to the nasty underbelly of the last decade of inside republican politics.

I’ve known MBK for eight years (former capitol staffer and party volunteer). He never misses an opportunity to exploit a situation for personal political gain. No action is beneath him… including apparently ‘using’ the Senate majority leader. He is a hothead, and he is an utterly hostile person to work with severe anger management issues.

He was the Pawlenty administrations thug -- someone Rod Blagojevich would have loved to have on his team. Coercion, intimidation, and threats are all tactics he used to climb through the ranks, and both the MNGOP Central Committee and the Senate Republican Caucus are guilty of letting it happen knowing full well that his conduct and behavior embodies the absolute antithesis of everything that Minnesotans have come to expect from their government. (Not to mention he was all too eager to stand for a party by selling out its conservative principals.)

I just have a few questions. *Was he manipulating and blackmailing Koch the entire time? *Is he STILL trying to manipulate or blackmail Koch today?*How long has this been going on?*What legislative initiatives were really his doing? Tough questions, but someone has to ask them.

Elected officials should be beholden to their constituents not Michael Brodkorb. Minnesotans deserve answers as to who was really running their government this last year.

Payback is sweet and I'm sure these folks aren't lying when they say they found Brodkorb scary to work with. Fuck-you-my-way-or-the-highway extremists always are.

These new allegations make Brodkorb's firing rock solid. Employment is "at will," and now the Senate Republican caucus has demonstrated ample cause for firing Brodkorb, and in such a way as to explain why the timing of his firing was linked to Koch's.

I only met Brodkorb once, but it was an evening filled with the sound of his voice, talking about him and how influential he was. He suckered more than a few Democrats and reporters into thinking he could be worked with, but it was always about his agenda, and moving it forward.

Brodkorb's threatened lawsuit is dead, dead, dead, and if he continues to threaten to out other adulterers at the legislature, they now have grounds to counter-sue for invasion of privacy. There's no legal leverage in outing others for Brodkorb now. His case is kaput, and you have to wonder where the money for all his lawyers is coming from.

Yep, that's the Mike Brodkorb I know. A complete cowardly thug.

What a Cornkorb!

Unfortunately it sounds like a pre-litigation hit piece. I get suspicious anytime the phrases "numerous Republican senators" and "our source" are used. I've got no love for the GOP in any flavor (State or Federal) but this article is simply gossip. Juicy gossip but still....