As Twitchy reported earlier, Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona was expected to resign from Congress, and the reason why is something we and most of Twitter certainly didn’t expect.

BREAKING: Franks has come under investigation for asking two female staffers about becoming a surrogate for his child. Story TK pic.twitter.com/9kczdGhlQ6

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 7, 2017

Apparently, the Ethics Committee is reviewing Franks’ “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates, making each feel uncomfortable.”

OK, we joke about liberals always whining that we’re literally living in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but that actually gets uncomfortably close.

Yikes. https://t.co/6DvXt0p2dH

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 7, 2017

This is not what I was expecting. https://t.co/dAlhba4f7G

— Bill Conotocarious Pieper (@WilliamPieper) December 7, 2017

Did not have that selected in the sexual misconduct pool https://t.co/3gEQzcw3pi

— 🔮 (@adrianeisoverit) December 7, 2017

I definitely did not see this coming. Holy cow. https://t.co/5YW6abNy98

— Andrew Damitio 🏳️‍🌈🌐 (@andrewdamitio) December 7, 2017

I don’t even know how to process this. https://t.co/YM0OVsot0x

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 7, 2017

Surrogate? Is that a euphemism? https://t.co/XTYN1ZeVfP

— David Bekhor (@DavidBekhor) December 7, 2017

"Surrogacy" and "previous" subordinates. I'm guessing the proposal was not for artificial insemination, and that their becoming "previous" subordinates was not coincidental. https://t.co/mWiIgdw21a

— Fred N. (@LesserFrederick) December 7, 2017

Turkey-baster surrogacy or all-natural surrogacy? https://t.co/VRdRTV7IX5

— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 7, 2017

oh you just know this is the kind of "surrogacy" where he asked if they could just skip IVF and do it the old fashioned way https://t.co/39f8CNuqDx

— Cornelius Bouknight (@cornrollio) December 7, 2017

Ummm… did he ask to impregnate them or ask if they would be surrogates? There's a difference. https://t.co/Wit5zeOm4w

— Elisha (@ElishaKrauss) December 7, 2017

The PC police are at it again. How could anyone misconstrue "let me put a baby in you" as sexual harassment? https://t.co/cmbMw1tb5O

— Federalist PitchBot (@FederalistPitch) December 7, 2017

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? https://t.co/4ardk7TRFP

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 7, 2017

uhhhh don’t ask your employees to carry your baby https://t.co/K1kdkjzbSt

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 7, 2017

BREAKING: MY SKIN HAS CRAWLED ENTIRELY OFF OF MY BODY AND TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN ANOTHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE https://t.co/vPQWznDaLy

— andrea christmasgrimes is here (@andreagrimes) December 7, 2017

You can’t make this stuff up. https://t.co/FsznNGN21E

— USMCDoOrDie (@usmcdoordie) December 7, 2017

WTF https://t.co/W2lxsBSWVQ

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 7, 2017

“So hey, will you carry my child? I’ll pay you overtime.” Wow. https://t.co/pOIy3fuWv2

— Lauren🏳️‍🌈 | read pinned until 12/15 (@CakeBlankett) December 7, 2017

Oh FFS. You asked your staffers to bear your children? Ya think that might have caused an issue? CC: @RBPundit https://t.co/1exvNfwYT0

— FlintTownProud (@laddydogH) December 7, 2017

Icky https://t.co/nN783BzUVG

— L (@LilMissRightie) December 7, 2017

Oh. My. God. https://t.co/TWoko1Vtos

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 7, 2017

Well … that’s a new one https://t.co/FOF34Bn1QM

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) December 7, 2017

Oh, my. I didn't expect to see the phrase "my discussion of surrogacy" in his eventual statement. He's resigning effective Jan. 31, 2018, according to the statement. https://t.co/xOWLCmwo8C

— Steven Shepard (@POLITICO_Steve) December 7, 2017

Trent's statement makes it sound like he just talked about the fact that one of his kids was born to a surrogate, but @kyledcheney reports that he actually ASKED 2 of his employees to be surrogates for him and his wife. https://t.co/PxLi3bRWSo

— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) December 7, 2017

I feel like there has to be more to it than this? https://t.co/peYDNhpVRP

— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) December 7, 2017

I guarantee you that "conversing about surrogacy options" is not why he's quitting. https://t.co/fBwzVBqRsy

— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) December 7, 2017

There has got to be more if he’s copping to this. https://t.co/8us5h8oHKl

— Lisa McIntire (@LisaMcIntire) December 7, 2017

This seems solid. I'm sure no other shoes will drop. #IndictTrump https://t.co/nE0SLcDjfk

— Mark Banker (@themarkbanker) December 7, 2017

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