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Arizona GOP Rep. Trent Franks has resigned (for offering $ to aides in exchange for impregnation)

MrRob

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/politics/trent-franks-resigns/index.html

The reasons for his resignation were not immediately clear as the news broke. On Thursday evening, a group of conservative House Republicans gathered around Franks on the floor and prayed with him. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, one of the members who huddled with Franks, told CNN that a statement is coming out shortly on the issue.
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Franks, a self-styled "conservative, Reagan Republican," joined Congress in the early 2000s and has hewed conservative on a range of issues in his time there, with a particular focus on anti-abortion issues.

Franks sits on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.

Franks drew national ire in 2013 when he said, "Incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low" -- a remark he later said was taken out of context.
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Update: Here's the why



Update #2: Instead of waiting until the end of January to resign as he originally stated was his intention alleged the pressure from Ryan, other colleagues, and the media he's going to be stepping down effective immediately. Don't let the door hit you on the way out creep. (actually yea let the door hit your pervert ass)
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/08/trent-franks-sex-surrogacy-impregnate-287808
 
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Mathieran

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Must've been pretty bad considering a pedophile is still going strong and a sexual assaulter is our president.
 
BlackSalad

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From Arizona? They probably caught him walking around without a gun, he should know better.
 

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Hope it's a taped vid of him having sex with a man while discussing the pros of abortion and immigrants rights.
 

see5harp

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Please let it be that he's cheating on his wife with an illegal immigrant carrying his lovechild who has also recorded him asking her to get an abortion.
 
antonz

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Inappropriate Behavior is the word going around via news. National Politics Reporter for Politico tweeted
 
Slayven

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Roy Moore just refered to Asians and Native Americans as "Red and Yellows", and he still in
 
peyrin

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Kinda disappointed this didn't get wider media coverage so we could stop hearing people gloat about Franken/Conyers, but oh well at least he's outta there. rest in piss.
 
cameron

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He's a colossal piece of shit. During the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Sessions last month, dude called for investigating Planned Parenthood for selling "little baby body parts" or whatever.

On Thursday evening, a group of conservative House Republicans gathered around Franks on the floor and prayed with him.
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Nice theatrics, dipshits.






antonz said:
Inappropriate Behavior is the word going around via news. National Politics Reporter for Politico tweeted
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I read that as being worse than "inappropriate behavior".
 
skullmuffins

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...franks-said-stepping-down-congress/932052001/
In his eight terms representing the West Valley, Franks has been a stalwart social conservative on Capitol Hill, frequently citing the Bible and denouncing abortion. He has long made protecting children a centerpiece of his work in Washington.

While Franks, 60, has often been quick to invoke religious-based morality, he has been largely silent on the unfolding national reckoning on sexual harassment.
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Last week Franks declined to answer a request by The Arizona Republic about whether he was aware of any legal settlements to resolve claims against him involving sexual harassment or creating a hostile workplace for women.
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hmmm. For a republican to resign right now, I think it has to be either quite bad (with some sort of credible proof like a settlement), and/or "biblically incorrect" like abortion or homosexuality.
 
antonz

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He was supposed to run for the Senate in 2012 and then abruptly ended his Senate Ambitions. He has probably been keeping this in the closet for at least 5 years now.
 
julian

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MrRob said:
Sexually assaulted a man? For the GOP that would seem like a deal breaker. Killed a hooker? Mistress forced into abortion.

This game is kinda fun.
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I was excited to play scandal bingo with you but I can honestly say asking a staffer to be a surrogate would never have appeared on there. Not even sure I understand the full story.
 

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Not sure how to embed tweeds so here
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