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Alaska's lieutenant governor resigns over 'inappropriate comments'
« on: October 17, 2018, 09:36:46 am »
Alaska's lieutenant governor resigns over 'inappropriate comments'
Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker did not specify what comments were made but said they were not suitable for his office.
by Associated Press / Oct. 16, 2018 / 7:42 PM ET


Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sept. 21, 2015.  Mark Thiessen / AP file

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott resigned Tuesday over what Gov. Bill Walker called "inappropriate comments."

The resignation complicates what was already a difficult re-election fight for Walker, a man with whom Mallott shared a brother-like bond.



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Re: Alaska's lieutenant governor resigns over 'inappropriate comments'
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2018, 10:38:57 am »
This is highly unusual.  Democrats do not ever resign, nor is anything they say ever considered innapropriate.
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