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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: TomSea on August 06, 2019, 12:07:29 pm
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Ohio GOP leader calls on Republican state Rep. Candice Keller to resign after Dayton shooting comments
Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 6:18 a.m. ET Aug. 6, 2019
COLUMBUS - Ohio Republican Party leader Jane Timken has called on Ohio state Rep. Candice Keller to resign from her seat after the lawmaker's "shocking" comments about Sunday's mass shooting in Dayton.
Keller, a Republican from Middletown, Ohio, posted on Facebook on Sunday comments that blamed "drag queen advocates," the Democratic Congress, former President Barack Obama, violent video games and the hatred of veterans for the deaths of nine people and the shooter in Dayton early Sunday.
Her comments drew the ire of Republicans and Democrats alike. And on Monday afternoon, Timken called for Keller's resignation.
Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/06/ohio-gop-leader-tells-lawmaker-resign-over-dayton-shooting-post/1930213001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/06/ohio-gop-leader-tells-lawmaker-resign-over-dayton-shooting-post/1930213001/)
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Candice. Don't apologize and don't resign.
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Update!
Ohio lawmaker Candice Keller refuses to resign over ‘shocking’ Dayton shooting rant
https://nypost.com/2019/08/06/ohio-lawmaker-candice-keller-refuses-to-resign-over-shocking-dayton-shooting-rant/