Bill Kintner

Bill Kintner (born November 22, 1960) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He represented a southeastern Nebraska district in the Nebraska Legislature. Kintner is a member of the Republican Party.

Early life Kintner "was born and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio." According to Kintner, his adoptive parents raised him in a conservative, Republican, frugal, "common sense" household, along with his younger sister, who is also adopted. In an interview with the Lincoln Journal Star, Kintner said he's not interested in knowing about his birth parents; he considers his adoption to be a "blessing". He graduated from Colerain High School in 1979. He served on the Appropriations committee. Kintner has said that "moral absolutes of Christianity" informs his views including on abortion. Kintner rejected calls for his resignation and paid a $1,000 fine to Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission in 2016 after he admitted to engaging in mutual masturbation on Skype with a woman who tried to blackmail him. Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson chose not to pursue criminal charges against Kintner.

Following the revelations of the cybersex tape, there were calls for his resignation from many constituents, fellow lawmakers and the governor. In December 2015, Cass County Republican Party asked Kintner to resign. He also blamed the backlash at a "liberal activist campaign" and his political opponents, specifically Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

Resignation Immediately following the response from the retweet controversy, Speaker of the Legislature Republican Jim Scheer planned to introduce a motion to expel Kintner and believed he had the necessary votes. Kintner said, "This is not about justice or doing what's right. This is the old adage that might makes right. You have the votes, you can do what you want."

He was succeeded by Robert Clements, a banker from Elmwood, Nebraska, who was appointed by Gov. Pete Ricketts less than two weeks after Kintner's resignation.

Personal life Kintner is married to Lauren (née Hill) Kintner, They met in the 1990s at a Young Republican convention, when he was state chair of Ohio and she was state chair of Nebraska. They started dating in 2000, and married on October 3, 2009. He described his marriage as "a separation of powers. The legislative is downstairs and the executive is upstairs."

In a Lincoln Journal Star interview about his views, Kintner said, "Biggest mystery? Women. No one understands them. They don't even understand themselves. Books and books and books have been written about it, and no one understands it."