Ex-GOP representative aide claims Rep. Farenthold engaged in vulgar, abusive behavior

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A former aide for Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold has come out with claims of verbally abusive behavior, days after other reports revealed Farenthold using taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim leveled against him by his former spokeswoman.

Other news outlets are reporting that Farenthold’s former communications director Michael Rekola approached the House Ethics Committee to share accounts of working for the Republican congressman, detailing claims of the representative’s verbal abuse.

“Every time he didn’t like something, he would call me a f**ktard or idiot. He would slam his fist down in rage and explode in anger,” Rekola told CNN. “He was flying off the handle on every little thing. I couldn’t find a way to control it.”

Rekola also recalled an incident several days before his wedding, where he claimed the congressman said, in front of staffers, “better have your finacée b**w you before she walks down the aisle - it will be the last time.”

Farenthold has served Texas’ 27th congressional district since Jan. 3, 2011, an area that includes Aransas, Calhoun, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, Victoria and Wharton counties as well as parts of Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales and San Patricio counties.

According to reports Thursday morning, Farenthold will not be running for reelection but will finish out his term.

More details to come.

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