LisaBreaking news: A man running for Congress apparently thinks the best way to show support for legalizing sex work is to release a sex tape. Yes, really. The man is Mike Itkis, a self-described liberal independent running in New York’s 12th District against current representative Jerry Nadler. Itkis is a long-shot candidate, who was relatively unknown until this week, when news of his porn video, Bucket List Bonanza co-starring professional adult film star Nicole Sage, went viral.
The video was reportedly originally released on Pornhub in July and filmed in two separate parts — one in July of 2021, and one in October of 2021. It’s all part of Itkis’s “sex-positive approach.” According to the candidate, he basically had to release a sex tape, which he called a “conversation piece” in an interview with City and State. How else could he, a cyber operations expert, have possibly shown solidarity with sex workers? “If I would just talk about it, it wouldn’t demonstrate my commitment to the issue,” he told the outlet. “And the fact I actually did it was a huge learning experience, and it actually influenced items on my platform.” What is on his “sex positive” platform, you ask? Well, according to his site, not much. Itkis states that he opposes “the conservative idea that sex should only happen between a man and a woman who are married to each other,” and supports “the right to NOT become a parent in case of pregnancy.”
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