South Florida state senators acknowledge extramarital affair

Two South Florida state senators went public Tuesday to acknowledge their extramarital affair as the Florida Legislature convened under a cloud of sexual impropriety that has distracted lawmakers for months.

Their statement came after a website posted video purporting to show state Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, entering and leaving an apartment rented by Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon, D-Miami Gardens.

“As this 2018 session of the Florida Legislature gets underway, we do not want gossip and rumors to distract from the important business of the people,” Flores and Braynon said in a joint statement.

“That's why we are issuing this brief statement to acknowledge that our longtime friendship evolved to a level that we deeply regret. We have sought the forgiveness of our families, and also seek the forgiveness of our constituents and God. We ask everyone else to respect and provide our families the privacy that they deserve as we move past this to focus on the important work ahead.”

Both Braynon and Flores are married.

Braynon is the Senate Minority Leader, and Flores is a top lieutenant of Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart. She is chairwoman of both the Banking and Insurance Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.

The consensual affair is of a different nature than the previous sex scandals that have dogged the Florida Senate. State Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, resigned Dec. 20 after multiple allegations that he had offered to trade legislative support in return for sexual favors and inappropriately touched female staffers over a period of years.

State Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, resigned in October after acknowledging an affair with a lobbyist.

I smell a bit....

We lose a lot of rights when we look the other way when it doesn't affect our lives or it isn't a cause we agree with.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

She looks like Kyle Schwarber

She looks like Kyle Schwarber

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

She looks like Kyle Schwarber

What is with all the flowers? I didn't know that the Florida state senate conducted their business in a funeral parlor.

What is with all the flowers? I didn't know that the Florida state senate conducted their business in a funeral parlor.

I rarely troll.

She's not bad. His wife must look horrible.

His wife is not bad.

His wife is not bad.

I rarely troll.

He's a fuckin dipshit.

How often does a man cheat with a woman who looks better than the woman he's with?

I would hope it would be 99.9% of the time.

I would hope it would be 99.9% of the time.

I rarely troll.

I'm not cheatin but if I did, I would just take anyone that was nice to me and thought I was Mr. Important. So maybe someone at Oak Park Arms.

I rarely troll.

Dentures in or out?

How often does a man cheat with a woman who looks better than the woman he's with?

Depends on what the situation is. My ex wife was a soulless redhead who while looking good deserves nothing but the worst. She got it. Karma is a bitch.