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Former Dem Congressman, Harold Ford Jr., dumped by Morgan Stanley & MSNBC for - you guessed it - harassment

By Robert Laurie ——--December 8, 2017

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Harold Ford Jr. Buh-bye, now. Are you like me? Do you like watching the left-wing dumpster fire that is the "Morning Joe" panel? Or, are you not like me? Do you look to the Morning Joe crew for incisive, well-reasoned, news analysis? Either way, you're out of luck because Morning Joe has lost another of its regular contributors.
It seems that former Congressman, and Morning Joe contributor, Harold Ford Jr. has become the latest Dem to be sucked up into the Washington D.C. Pervnado. He's been canned by his investment bank, Morgan Stanley, and yanked off the air by MSNBC. The reason? You already know the reason. From the Huffington Post:
Former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. has been fired for misconduct by Morgan Stanley after facing a human resources investigation into allegations of misconduct, a company spokeswoman confirmed. “He has been terminated for conduct inconsistent with our values and in violation of our policies,” a spokeswoman for Morgan Stanley told HuffPost in an email. At least one woman, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee but interacted with Ford in a professional capacity, was interviewed by Morgan Stanley’s HR department as part of the investigation.
The gist of the accusation is that Ford got physical with a female colleague in New York, then continued to pester her via email. She spoke to Morgan Stanley's HR department, they investigated the matter, and terminated Ford's employment.
In two interviews with HuffPost, the woman alleged that Ford engaged in harassment, intimidation, and forcibly grabbed her one evening in Manhattan, leading her to seek aid from a building security guard. The incident took place several years ago when Ford and the woman were supposed to be meeting for professional reasons. Ford continued to contact her after the encounter until she wrote an email asking him to cease contact.
The email, which was reviewed by HuffPost, shows that the woman emailed Ford after he repeatedly asked her to drinks. She asked him not to contact her anymore, citing his inappropriate conduct the evening where he forcibly grabbed and harassed her. Ford replied to the email by apologizing and agreeing not to contact her. “Hey very sorry. Meant no harm,” the email reads. “And I apologize for whatever I may have said or what was said. And my overtures are strictly professional. Again I apologize didn’t mean to be inappropriate at all. Sorry that impression was left.” Ford is a regular staple of MSNBC's Morning Joe show - which also enjoyed a long relationship with disgraced NBC "journalist" Mark Halperin - and the network has decided not to have him return until it conducts its own investigation. That's no big loss, since Ford was usually just there to regurgitate Democrat boilerplate, and Lord knows MSNBC has plenty of people who can do that. Here's the word on MSNBC's decision via The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC has decided to keep contributor Harold Ford off the air while it looks into a report on Thursday that he was terminated by his primary employer, Morgan Stanley, for misconduct. "We are looking into the report about Harold Ford Jr.," a network spokesman said in a statement. "During that time he won’t be a guest on MSNBC.” A spokeswoman for Morgan Stanley said that Ford was "terminated for conduct inconsistent with our values and in violation of our policies." The company's human resources department investigated claims lodged against Ford before coming to the decision to fire him, according to the report.

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Ford, a former Democratic congressman who appears regularly on Morning Joe, put out a lengthy statement denying the incident mentioned in the report, when Ford is said to have "forcibly grabbed" a woman one night in Manhattan and then continued to contact her by email. I don't know what they're putting in the water over at NBC HQ but, at this rate, Mika and Joe are going to be sitting there by themselves every morning, wondering what the heck happened to their cast of reliable lefties.
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