Representative was charged with sex crimes in Maryland
By Steven Hsieh | Phoenix New Times
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and state House Democrats called for embattled State Representative David Stringer to resign on Friday following a Phoenix New Timesarticle revealing he was charged with multiple sex crimes, including child porn, in 1983.
Stringer, a Prescott Republican, was already facing calls to step down following the emergence of recordings in which he’s heard making racist statements. He has remained defiant amid the calls for his ouster and reiterated on Friday that he has no plans to resign.
Governor Doug Ducey has now called for Stringer to step down three times.
House Democratic Co-Whip Reginald Bolding said lawmakers would introduce legislation to expel Stringer “as early as next week” if the Republican lawmaker does not voluntarily resign.
“We want to get back to regular order down here,” Bolding said in a telephone interview. “This is just distracting members from the issues that matter to the state of Arizona.”
