Florida Republicans oust state party chairman facing rape allegations in critical election year
apnews.com
The party suspended Christian Ziegler last month and demanded his resignation, stating that he cannot effectively lead during a critical election year with the allegations, which Ziegler denies.

You’d think if they cared about these credible allegations, they would care about some of their candidates credible allegations.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    541·
    10 months ago

    I’m surprised they didn’t pick him as their next senate candidate. I thought they liked rapists now.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    10 months ago

    And here I thought being a rapist was considered a qualification for being party chairman of the GOP.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    It’s basically because they don’t put themselves in the position of possibly losing any kind of power. Removing this guy looks good on them, and Florida is so solidly red at this point due to them fucking with the voting process that they have no worries. (Remember, EVERY accusation the Republicans have made, is a confession - Voter fraud is their big accusation right now…)

    Part of the reason Republicans try so hard to give excuses for house seats, and senate seats, is because if they were to call for those expulsions, it would lose them a vote. They don’t give a fuck about being righteous or not, they care about POWER.

    • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I probably should have posted the first paragraph of the article instead of my own quip about it but this is one of those broken clocks being right once in a while situations. They actually voted him out.

      TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida ousted Chairman Christian Ziegler in a special vote on Monday as police investigate a rape accusation against him, a vote that came the week before Gov. Ron DeSantis competes in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucus

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Party of rich assholes going broke over too much fleecing the campaign funds to line their pockets. Classic.

  • dynamojoe@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 months ago

    “…and the top of the ticket with Trump as our nominee” - said the guy Ziegler replaced. I bet that made DeSantis feel good.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, and other Republican leaders have called on Ziegler to step down, but he has refused.

    “Florida’s one of the most important states for the Republicans and we have to continue to bring home victories, especially for Rick Scott and the top of the ticket with Trump as our nominee, eventually.”

    Under DeSantis, Florida has stripped rights away from LGBTQ+ Floridians and banned instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools.

    Bridget Ziegler also was appointed by DeSantis last year to the board of the governing district for Walt Disney World.

    DeSantis and the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature last year took control of the district in retaliation after Disney publicly opposed a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.

    The Sarasota Police Department is investigating the woman’s accusation that Ziegler raped her at her apartment in October.

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