Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Florida GOP wants their cokehead to resign
From McClatchy:
The chair of the Republican Party of Florida Monday night urged Rep.Trey Radel to resign in the wake of his guilty plea last week on cocaine possession charges.I'll be damned! That reads exactly like something the Democrats would put out. In the meantime, Orange John Boehner is running interference to keep him in his seat. This being Florida, I guess he is afraid of what they might vote in next.
"The people of Florida's 19th Congressional District need a Congressman who is 100 percent focused on the needs of Southwest Florida," party chair Lenny Curry said in a statement. "Therefore, Congressman Radel should step down and focus his attention on rehabilitation and his family."
Curry's call was echoed by Florida's Lee and Collier county Republican executive committees.
The county Republican leaders said that Radel's arrest and guilty plea "have violated the trust of those whom he was elected to represent and fall short of the standards for an elected official; especially a member of the United States congress."
"His actions clearly disqualify the pursuit of another term and if he should run for re-election, he would not enjoy our support," the county Republican leaders said in their statements. "We feel it is in the best interests of all involved that he resign immediately."
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