Idaho Rep. Scott clashes with House speaker again

BOISE - Just a day after she issued a statement apologizing to every House member about her earlier disparaging comments about fellow female legislators, Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, launched a Facebook attack Thursday, complaining that House Speaker Scott Bedke didn’t immediately restore her committee assignments.

“It is obvious to me that my apology will never be good enough for the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,” Scott wrote. “Is this a personal issue against me? Does he want to keep the headlines going?”

Bedke stripped Scott of her committee assignments after she said female House members only advance into leadership if they do sexual favors. Other House members complained about her behavior.

Bedke said Thursday, “I think there’s a list of ladies that she needs to talk to, and then when she has, she and I should talk. I believe that she needs to take full responsibility for her words and actions, and when I am comfortable that she has, then I will act accordingly.”

He added, “It was not my actions that put her on this course of events, and it will be her actions that get us off this course of events, not mine.”