“The enforcer for all of this is Melissa DeRosa ... it's usually about making sure other people see her do that to you, so they know they are a target as well.” cityandstateny.com/articles/polit…
DeRose in a 2017 commencement address: "“I’m not sure which I find more offensive – the fact that this kind of behavior has been allowed to continue to go on as long as it has, or the idea that everyone is acting as if they are just now finding out about it."
“Strong-willed men in politics are often portrayed as these like manic geniuses,” political consultant Lis Smith, who has worked with DeRosa in the past, said in an interview. “Strong-willed women and politics are somehow always just a mix of Miranda Priestly and Regina George."
"Anybody, regardless of their sex or their gender or their gender identity, can be an enabler, a power abuser or a gatekeeper, and that includes Melissa DeRosa." 
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