The scandal does not need to involve true allegations, it just has to be a major story involving a figure in national US Politics and something of a sexual nature.
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Resolution will necessarily be subjective, but I will probably be generous in counting things as a scandal in ambiguous cases. Biden and Trump would both have resolved yes several times over in the past.
Stories which were already big news before the creation of this market do not count, but if it was just low level gossip which then becomes a big story that will count. You can submit politicians who have already had a major sex scandal, but this market will require them to have a new one for their name to resolve yes.
You can find examples of things which would count on Wikipedia, here and here and here.
You can add general categories, but please nothing so broad that it will be nearly certain to happen.
Please post evidence in the comments if you want an answer to resolve yes.
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3.00@Joshua starting my Sexual Markeplace redemption arc after the people failed me on the Haley story last month
@Joshua This article from a few days ago lists him as a Freedom Caucus member
"House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives for a meeting of the Republican House caucus"
@BenAdams I guess he's not:
Today, about 45 Republican congressmembers are known to be members of the invitation-only caucus, but they might not be exactly who you think. Notably, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, though often associated with the caucus, is not a member, his office confirms
https://time.com/6295322/marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-house-freedom-caucus/
This is weird, I totally thought he was a member.
New Matt Gaetz Sex scandal just dropped
Acyn on X: "Reid: I want to be clear. We're not talking about the woman who was still 17 when she allegedly had a sexual encounter with the congressman. We reported last week that individual has been contacted by the committee. Now we're talking about a different woman. https://t.co/wjGfMS4n9K"
Are we counting new information/evidence related to resurfaced allegations?
@shankypanky Oooo yeah that's a tough one. It can count if it was a little story before and then becomes a much bigger story. I'm not totally sure how to measure that though. But checking Google Trends, so far it seems like it's a smaller story than it was in the past?
It's on the rise though! So could still count potentially as a new instance of scandal if it really takes off.
Too bad he wasn't on here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-gop-ousts-christian-ziegler-after-threesome-sex-scandal