Overview
- Photos posted by the X account Dear White Staffers appear to show the California congressman viewing sexually suggestive images on an iPad during a commercial flight, drawing millions of views.
- In an interview with Punchbowl News, Sherman said the pictures surfaced on his “For You” feed and insisted he was not purposely seeking pornography.
- He acknowledged the behavior was not appropriate in a public setting and said, “If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah.”
- Media reviews of the screenshots describe women in underwear or bikinis and report no full nudity in the images visible on his screen.
- Political figures including White House communications director Steven Cheung, Donald Trump Jr., and Rep. Nancy Mace criticized the episode, and there have been no reported formal disciplinary steps.