Politics

Montana Lawmaker Rodney Garcia Says Only God Can Make Him Resign

ARE YOU THERE, GOD?

Fellow Republicans called for him to step down for falsely stating that the U.S. Constitution calls for shooting socialists.

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Montana State Legislature

GOP state lawmakers in Montana called for the resignation of a fellow Republican who caused an uproar by bizarrely and falsely stating that the U.S. Constitution allows for socialists to be shot. But Rep. Rodney Garcia says he is waiting for a sign from a higher authority, according to the Billings Gazette. “Only way I would give my resignation is if God asked me to,” he said. The Republican leadership of the Montana House of Representatives called Garcia’s constitutional interpretation “reckless and un-American.”

Read it at Billings Gazette

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