Foley scandal hits Ohio
2006-10-05
Source: The Columbus Dispatch
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rss feedTwo senior Ohio Republicans yesterday called for the resignation of any House GOP leader who knew about the sexually explicit electronic messages sent by a Republican congressman to teenage pages but failed to act.
Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, who is in a tight battle for re-election against Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown, said last night that "if anybody in the leadership had information and didn't take the appropriate action with that information, then they're going to have to resign."
"Did they know he was a predator?" DeWine asked, referring to Republican Mark Foley of Florida, who resigned from Congress last week after publication of the e-mails to former House pages. "Did they have reason to believe he was a predator? And if either one is true and they didn't do anything, they should resign."
Rep. Deborah Pryce, of Upper Arlington, the No. 4 House Republican, said that "anyone who was aware of these instant messages needs to take responsibility. Anybody who had knowledge of that needs to step down."
The comments by DeWine and Pryce occurred as Republicans reeled from the fallout of a sexual scandal that could help end their 12-year control of the House of Representatives. And it was a further sign of the crumbling GOP support for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and possibly House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester.
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