(AP) – Missouri’s lieutenant governor says a lawmaker
should face consequences after posting on Facebook that he hoped whoever
vandalized a Confederate monument in southwestern Missouri is found and hanged.Lt. Gov. Mike Parson in a Thursday statement stopped short of explicitly
calling for fellow Republican Rep. Warren Love to step down.
should face consequences after posting on Facebook that he hoped whoever
vandalized a Confederate monument in southwestern Missouri is found and hanged.Lt. Gov. Mike Parson in a Thursday statement stopped short of explicitly
calling for fellow Republican Rep. Warren Love to step down.
Love posted on Facebook Wednesday that he hopes whoever put paint on a
Springfield Confederate monument is “hung from a tall tree with a long rope.”
He’s since apologized.
Parson was among elected officials who said lawmakers should oust a Democratic state senator who posted and later deleted a comment on Facebook about hoping for President Donald Trump’s assassination.
Parson says it’s up to the House to decide whether to discipline Love, who on Thursday told AP he doesn’t plan to resign. Parson said he hopes House members will “follow the Senate’s lead and help ensure a return to civility in political discourse.”
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