We fully support Senator Smallwood in this choice.” Smallwood’s employee and as his supervisor it was the senator’s sole decision to fire him. Senate President Kevin Grantham added: “Andrew Knarr was Sen. “Andrew’s actions were unacceptable and unbecoming of an employee of the Colorado State Senate, and I hope he takes the time to reflect and build upon his experience in his future endeavours.”

Senator Smallwood said he decided to fire the aide “within minutes” after he was alerted to the messages.Īccording to Colorado Politics, he said in a statement: “Today screenshots of my legislative aide’s Snapchat account were shown to me for the first time, and within minutes I made the decision to dismiss Andrew Knarr. And they aren’t even going to show me the proper way to grab a woman’s ass… This is f**king gay”. He wrote: “Mandatory 2 hour sexual harassment training. Knarr had come under fire for messages he posted to Snapchat complaining about a sexual harassment course.

A Republican lawmaker has dismissed his aide after he posted sexist messages to Snapchat complaining about a sexual harassment training course.Ĭolorado state Senator Jim Smallwood confirmed he had fired his legislative aide Andrew Knarr over the incident.

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