Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is a Hypocrite for Keeping Knife-Wielding Aide Brent Furer on Payroll

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is a hypocrite for claiming to be an advocate of women's issues, while harboring Brent Furer, who has been accused of domestic violence.

It is amazing how hypocritical some members of the Republican Party are, specially Sen. David Vitter, (R-LA), who was mixed up in a high-priced prostitution scandal. Well, a longtime aid, Brent Furer, who was charged with overseeing "women's issues," pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife-wielding altercation with an ex-girlfriend. Guess what? He's still on the job and we haven't heard a word from Sen. Vitter on why this dirtbag is still on the taxpayer-funded payroll.

The aide, Brent Furer, has had repeated brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s, an ABC News investigation has found. Yet Furer has continued to receive his taxpayer-financed senate staff salary in Washington, even as court records show he remains wanted on an open warrant in Baton Rouge stemming from an unresolved misdemeanor DWI charge.

Charging documents allege that Furer became angry when he found phone numbers for other men in her blackberry. He smashed her phone when she tried to call 911, the records say, and he shoved her to the floor when she tried to leave, then held his hand over her mouth and threw her on a bed.

Demopoulos told police Furer "uttered the words to her, 'Do you want to get serious.'" Then, the arrest warrant states, Furer "grabbed an unknown object and held it under her neck. The suspect asked the complainant, 'Do you want to die?' The complainant replies and she stated, 'No, I don't want to die.'"

After a 90 minute standoff, Furer made her promise not to call police, and then allowed her to leave. She fled to a friend's house, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. A slash on her chin took eight stitches to close, the police report says. Source: ABC News

Sorry, but if Sen. Vitter is such an advocate of women's causes and issues, then why is Brent Furer still on the job? More importantly, what kind of information does this man have on Sen. Vitter why he is still on the payroll? This proves once again how hypocritical the Republicans are. There are two kinds of justice in this country -- one for the poor and one for the well-connected.

Read more: Senator Vitter's Trusted Aide, Brent Furer, Attacked Girlfriend, Still On the Job | ABC News