Rangel Watch: Minnick Calls for Resignation
July 27, 2010
| A second House Democrat, freshman Rep. Walt Minnick (D-ID) is now calling for scandal-plagued Rep. Charles Rangel’s resignation from the House, a move that’s likely to lead a number of his vulnerable House colleagues to follow suit.
Minnick joins Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) as the two House Democrats demanding that the ethically-scandalized Rangel step down from Congress – so far. His decision shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that he represents one of the most conservative seats held by a Democrat in the House, and has been distancing himself from his party’s leadership since elected in 2008. But other Democrats facing tough re-elections, especially those recently-elected members who ran for Congress on a platform of combating a culture of corruption, will now be under pressure to actively distance themselves from Rangel’s baggage. |