A locally elected Montana Democrat sexually harassed a conservative female campaign tracker, offering her a free vibrator from his sex shop and blowing her a kiss.
Trackers are tasked with monitoring the operations of a campaign and documenting politicians’ moves.
A tracker hired by America Rising followed Kimberly Dudik, a candidate for Montana Attorney General, at a parade in Manhattan, Montana.
At one point, local Democratic committee member Billy McWilliams engaged the tracker in conversation.
“Oh, I remember you, you’re the tracker,” McWilliams said as he approached the woman. He then began to mock her for tracking Dudik’s campaign: “Do you really think it’s going to work? What is she [Dudik] going to say? Are you really tracking an AG race in a Democratic primary? Isn’t that crazy?”
An indecent proposal
McWilliams, who owns a sex toy shop in Bozeman, ramped up his attempts to rattle the tracker.
“You’re mysterious,” he said. “I own Erotique the sex store, and if you stop by I’ll give you a free vibrator.”
After the parade, the tracker encountered McWilliams again in a grassy area.
“We’ll see you on the trail Elisabeth, okay?” he said, before blowing her a kiss.
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“Trackers are trained to act professionally on the campaign trail and Democratic politicians and activists should do the same,” said Sarah Dolan, executive director of America Rising, per the Washington Free Beacon. “These individuals are just doing their job and never deserve to be the subject of harassment.”
McWilliams told the Beacon that he regretted his actions.
“I thought I was teasing,” McWilliams said in an email to the Beacon. “I apologize to the camerawoman, it was inappropriate. I’ll consider my comments in the future, and won’t say things that may be misconstrued.”
Dudik told the Beacon that McWilliams is not involved with her run for state attorney general “in any capacity.”