by Kevin Rennie



Timothy Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain and father of the current mayor, shared a misogynist thought on social media on female Democratic members of Congress at Tuesday night’s state of the union address. The Republican took to Facebook to label the photograph “Bitches in heat!”

Mayor Erin Stewart complained about the prominence of white men in Connecticut Republican politics during her 2018 campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor. This may be the attitude that inspired her criticism.

Timothy Stewart heads the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce. Its members may want to confer among themselves about the face they present to the community. Erin Stewart’s third term as mayor ends in November.