Each day we wake up to more stories of awful sexual harassment and assault allegations regarding the despicable behavior of some of the most powerful men in the country in entertainment, politics, and the corporate world. It's a sad reality that women have been experiencing for years, but an issue that has been swept under the rug out of fear of further harassment, shame or retaliation.

There's been a lot of political discourse on the subject, but this very serious issue transcends partisan politics and is in need of a bipartisan solution.

There's something gravely disturbing about how the government and political parties are handling these allegations against current officeholders and political candidates. For example, the Alabama Senate special election has been rife with controversy due to a slew of allegations about inappropriate predatory behavior with minors against Republican candidate Roy Moore. Initially, the RNC and other Republican organizations decided they would rescind their support and joint fundraising efforts, but just this week the RNC decided to throw its support back to Moore in the wake of President Donald Trump's endorsement. The reasoning was strictly on partisan lines, causing quite a stir in Republican circles.

The decision from the RNC to support Moore's embattled candidacy with a check of $50,000 to his campaign was widely criticized by Republican leaders such as Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, former Gov. Mitt Romney and others. Romney sent out a tweet on Monday night saying, "Roy Moore in the US Senate would be a stain on the GOP and on the nation. Leigh Corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. No vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity." Romney's tweet was followed by Flake tweeting a picture of a personal $100 contribution to Roy Moore's challenger, Democrat Doug Jones, with a statement that simply said "country over party."

The way these allegations have been handled by the president and by the RNC have disturbed me as someone who has always been affiliated with the Republican Party and who has traditionally voted as a Republican. In the 2016 election, I was firmly "Never Trump" and wrote in Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on my ballot, but this behavior by both the president and the RNC was enough to cause me to donate to a Democrat for the first time in my life.

The Republican Party, which seems to be remaking itself in the image of Trump, is unrecognizable and has lost its compass. The ability of the party to support a candidate like Moore rather than rebuke him is disgraceful. When the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who was a longtime donor to Democrats, came out, the RNC called upon the DNC and Hillary Clinton to return his contributions – now Republicans are actively choosing to support a man with allegations against him just because they're afraid of losing a vote.

The hypocrisy is astounding.

What's more is that there is a partisan blame game occurring in the halls of Congress over the handling of these sexual assault allegations. These allegations are plaguing both parties and for years have been inappropriately handled by the government through settling harassment claims with victims with taxpayer funds – to the tune of $17 million, which doesn't even account for the money paid out of personal office budgets for embattled congressmen or senators facing allegations such as Rep. John Conyers. Conyers who refused to resign when the allegations surfaced (but has since decided to resign) was supported by members of his party while Republicans were quick to call for his resignation, despite the fact they stood by their own facing allegations too.