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Originally posted by Robtard
Oh conservatives...After using n-word in front of black colleagues, Fla. state senator faces calls to resign
A Republican state senator from Miami is facing pressure to resign after he used the n-word to criticize several of his colleagues during an alcohol-fueled rant in front of two black lawmakers.
Over drinks at a private club in downtown Tallahassee, State Sen. Frank Artiles referred to six white senators as “n‑‑‑ers” and spewed other obscenities while complaining about the chamber’s GOP leadership, local media reported Tuesday.
In response, the Florida Democratic Party called on him to resign Tuesday night, saying his conduct was “disgusting, unacceptable and has no place in our democracy or our society.”
Artiles apologized for the remarks in a statement Tuesday provided to the Miami Herald.
An auto parts salesman and acquaintance of a former Miami lawmaker accused of running a vote-siphoning scheme in a 2020 Florida Senate race pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted illegal donations and lied on sworn campaign documents, among other things.
Seated alongside his attorney in his downtown law office, Alexis Rodriguez heard the terms of his plea from circuit court Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson, who is overseeing the case.
Rodriguez, who was recruited to run as a no-party candidate in the key Senate District 37 race by former state Senator Frank Artiles, originally pleaded not guilty on four charges related to the alleged scheme. Under state law, those charges carry sentences of up to five years in prison.
In exchange for his plea, Rodriguez will testify that Artiles paid him to run against a Democratic incumbent with the same last name as part of an illegal vote siphoning scheme, which caused the Democratic incumbent to lose by 32 votes, and the Republican opponent to take her seat.
This is not the first time Artiles has appeared in the news. In 2017, he drunkenly shouted the N-word at black Republicans, but refused to resign.