Florida Republicans voted today to remove Christian Ziegler from his position as chairman of the state GOP Committee, following allegations he had raped a female, according to reports. The executive board of the party voted in a closed-door emergency meeting to censure Ziegler and strip him of his authority. They also reduced his salary to just $1.
Following reports that he allegedly raped a woman, Florida Republicans voted today to successfully remove Christian Ziegler from his position as chairman of the state GOP committee. According to the Sarasota Herald- Tribune, the party’s executive board decided to censure Ziegler, strip him of his power, and lower his salary to$ 1 during an urgent, closed-door meeting. According to the Herald-Tribune, they even decided to hold a meeting in Tallahassee on January 8 where they are anticipated to vote to remove him.
The reported three-way of the Zieglers has led to accusations of hypocrisy. According to my colleague Kiera Butler, who has been covering the alleged Ziegler scandal, the chairman has consistently refused to resign from his position despite accusations that he and his wife Bridget, a previous Sarasota school board chair and co-founder of the powerful organization Moms for Liberty, had raped the woman. The” Do n’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids teachers in the state from discussing same-sex relationships in most contexts, was pushed by the parents ‘ rights group, who also called for the removal of sexually explicit material from school libraries. Unsurprisingly, some Floridians have accused the Zieglers of being hypocritical as a result of their admitted three-way, as Kiera has reported. Bridget Ziegler has even steadfastly refused to leave her position on the school board. Christian Ziegler has denied the accusations, which were initially reported by the Florida Center for Government Accountability, an investigative journalism outlet. Mother Jones was unable to freely confirm the claims. The Herald-Tribune reports that the Sarasota Police Department is looking into the allegations. Christian Ziegler was present at the meeting on Sunday, according to the local newspaper, and he expressed regret for the party’s scrutiny in the wake of his scandal. Following reports that he allegedly raped a woman, Florida Republicans voted today to successfully remove Christian Ziegler from his position as chairman of the state GOP committee. According to the Sarasota Herald- Tribune, the party’s executive board decided to censure Ziegler, strip him of his power, and lower his pay to$ 1 during an urgent, closed-door meeting.
Florida Republicans voted today to remove Christian Ziegler from his position as chairman of the state GOP Committee, following allegations he had raped a female, according to reports. The executive board of the party voted in a closed-door emergency meeting to censure Ziegler and strip him of his authority. They also reduced his salary to just $1.
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler’s colleagues voted Sunday to effectively strip him of power.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.. Florida Republicans voted to effectively oust Christian Ziegler as chairman of the state GOP committee today, following allegations that he raped a woman, according to reports.. During an emergency, closed-door meeting, the party’s executive board voted to censure Ziegler, strip him of his authority, and reduce his salary to $1, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. They also voted to hold a meeting on January 8 in Tallahassee where they’re expected to vote to remove him, the Herald-Tribune reported.. The Zieglers’ alleged three-way has prompted claims of hypocrisy.. As my colleague Kiera Butler—who has been covering the so-called Ziegler scandal—has reported, the chairman has steadily refused to resign from his post following allegations that he raped a woman who had been involved in a ménage à trois with him and his wife, Bridget, former chair of the Sarasota school board and a co-founder of the influential group Moms for Liberty. The parents’ rights group has called for sexually explicit material to be removed from school libraries and championed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids teachers in the state from talking about same-sex relationships in the majority of contexts. Unsurprisingly, the Zieglers’ alleged three-way has prompted claims of hypocrisy from some Floridians, as Kiera has reported. (Bridget Ziegler has also refused to resign from her current role on the school board.). The Florida Center for Government Accountability, an investigative journalism outlet, was the first to report the allegations, which Christian Ziegler has denied. Mother Jones has not been able to independently verify the allegations. The Sarasota Police Department is investigating the claims, according to the Herald-Tribune.. The local paper reported that Christian Ziegler was at the meeting on Sunday, and that he apologized to the party for the scrutiny it has received in the wake of his scandal.
