West Virginia Republicans have finally had enough with state senator Mike Maroney, an eight-year member of the state legislature from Wheeling. It wasn’t fine with them that he was caught, um, practicing onanism in a casino last month, but now that he’s been charged with drunk driving, they’ve decided he must go, according to NBC News.
“While the legal process must take its course, the perception of impropriety and the repeated legal entanglements surrounding Senator Maroney have brought discredit to the West Virginia Senate,” the chairman of the Monongalia County Republican Executive Committee, said in a posted statement. “We believe it is in the best interest of Senate District 2 and the state for Senator Maroney to resign, restoring public trust and the integrity of the Senate.”
There is no public record of the Monongalia County Republican Executive Committee making a similar statement for a candidate for federal office who’s been convicted of 34 felonies and found liable for sexually assaulting a woman.