Ethics panel to review complaint against Missouri lawmaker
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri House Ethics Committee is reviewing a complaint against a lawmaker who called for the vandal of a Confederate monument to be hanged.
Members agreed Monday to hold a preliminary hearing later on the complaint against Republican Rep. Warren Love. They did not announce a date.
Love expressed hope in a Facebook post that whoever vandalized the monument in Springfield, Missouri, would be "hung from a tall tree with a long rope."
Love has said he was using old cowboy jargon, but Democrats calling for his resignation have said his words evoke images of lynchings of black people.
Read more: http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/16/ethics-panel-to-review-complaint-against-missouri-lawmaker/106727404/
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