Anti-LGBTQ Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana has been gunning for a spot on the GOP’s list of biggest trolls, alongside people like Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Matt Gaetz, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, since first taking office in 2021.
And she’s finally starting to make some headway!Spartz, who has a 100% rating with the antigay hate group Indiana Family Institute, topped the nonpartisan website Legistorm list of “Worst Bosses in Congress” last year for having the highest turnover rate among aides, and she’s already on track to nabbing the coveted top spot again this year.According to Politico, the 43-year-old has been bleeding staffers left and right.
Four of her aides have quit in the last month and another one departed earlier this spring, leaving the first-term lawmaker with a skeleton crew to run her office.Not only that, but GOP leadership is apparently deeply concerned about the issue and has tried addressing it with her at least twice.
But nothing seems to be getting better.Politico spoke to eight people, including several former staffers, who described Spartz’s office as an “unhealthy work environment” with an “unpredictable boss” whose temper can “rocket from tepid to boiling.”“Manic is a correct description,” one former staffer alleges. “The reason for [former aides] departing after a short time was because of her.”According to insiders, Spartz frequently swears at aides, belittling their intelligence and berating them in front of others.