Former Arizona Senator Martha McSally came out and informed the public that she was sexually assaulted on Wednesday while on the run along the Missouri River.
Sen. Martha McSally had previously come out and spoke about being raped while in the military.
Former Arizona Sen. Martha McSally (R) said she was sexually assaulted during a run alongside the Missouri River, near the border of Iowa and Nebraska. https://t.co/qM6NIpUyBe
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“And I just had it put to the test,” she said. “A man came up behind me, and he engulfed me in a bear hug, and he molested and fondled me until I fought him off.”
“I was in a fight-flight-or-freeze, and I chose to fight,” she added. “I ran after him, I threw my water bottle at him, and I chased him into the brush, where he was then hiding as I called 911 and waited for the police to come. I don’t think they found him, and I’m OK.”
The former Republican senator said she was OK.
The incident occurred just before 10:55 a.m. in Council Bluffs, Iowa, near the Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park by the Interstate 480 overpass, the Council…
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