A Democrat congressman was pictured peeking at sexually graphic photographs while on an aeroplane – in full view of a disgusted passenger.
California Rep. Brad Sherman, 71, was seen in images circulating on social media ogling pictures of scantily-clad women on his iPad while sitting on a flight.
An X user who first shared the images of Sherman on the plane wrote in a post seen by millions: ‘Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?’
‘His district deserves better representation than this!!’
The social media post featured three images of Sherman, who represents California’s 32nd congressional district, with his mouth agape as he looked at pictures of models in salacious poses.
In an interview conducted hours later, the congressman acknowledged that he had looked at the images, but he maintained that he had not been intentionally viewing pornographic material and had only been scrolling through his iPad.
‘If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah,’ he told Punchbowl News.
The Democrat lawmaker claimed that he was actually on X’s ‘For you’ page when he was photographed.
Sherman added: ‘I must’ve looked at more than 1000 posts.’
According to X, the ‘For you’ page features posts that are ‘based on recommendations of accounts you follow or topics you’re interested in.’
Sherman admitted that the sexualized pictures appeared on his X feed mid-flight ‘because of the algorithms.’
‘Is it pornography? I don’t think Elon Musk thinks so,’ Sherman told the outlet.
However, he also admitted he should not have been looking at the risqué photographs.
‘Is it appropriate? No,’ Sherman added.
The senior Democrat’s boldness in the middle of a crowded airliner shocked internet users.
One X user wrote: ‘With the screen brightness ALL the way up. Not an ounce of shame.’
Another added a facepalm emoji and said: ‘Get a privacy screen.’
A third said: ‘This is killing me.’
The California congressman’s conduct even captured the attention of Donald Trump’s inner circle.
Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, posted a close-up of Sherman’s agape mouth on Friday evening.
‘Bruh,’ Cheung wrote. ‘What a total gooner.’
Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace compared the images of Sherman to how she was accused of berating law enforcement at a South Carolina Airport as they escorted her to her gate last month.
If he wanted to watch porn, you would have thought he would have been savvy enough to do it in private, but I guess we can be grateful that he wasn’t drooling all over his shirt while watching it.
Although the ladies in the pictures most likely wear more clothing than some of the celebrities we see on TV, particularly in music videos, people are content to watch them and even allow their kids watch them.
Frankly, that’s pretty tame stuff compared to the everyday images posted on Instagram.
You could hardly call this porn. Victoria’s Secret’s catalogue reveals more skin, but then he’s not a very pretty man. Who would want to be one of those girls he’s looking at?
Scantily clad and porn are two different things. It said porn in the headline, scantily clad in the article, which was it?
Tons of men enjoy pornography, whether it be in a magazine, online or via their iPads, but you wouldn’t want to do it in a public setting, not unless you have some extremely serious issues going on.
Obviously, he shouldn’t have been looking at sites like these on a flight, but at least he didn’t pull his penis out.
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