Reax to Peltola exposé: ‘Nothingburger.’ ‘She should apologize.’ ‘Arghhh!’

Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, used derogatory terms for gay and intellectually disabled people. She swept stacks of paper off a desk, shoved an aide and asked employees to feed crickets to Meatball, her family’s pet chameleon, first at her Washington apartment and then at her Capitol Hill office.

These are some of the findings of an exposé that the New York Times published this week examining Peltola’s conduct both as a candidate and when in Congress — including her use of slurs that could harm her standing among her Democratic base…(Read full story)