DNC leader urges Filner to resign

[PoliticAverse]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee is calling on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign after four more women said they were targets of his sexual advances.

Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz leads the DNC. She says the misconduct Filner has been accused of is, quote, "reprehensible and indefensible."

Wasserman Schultz says there is, quote, "no place for this type of conduct in the workplace and certainly not in our city halls and public offices."


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[hrmjustin]

1. Good It is time for him to go!

[uppityperson]

2. K&r

[alp227]

3. Others who have called on Filner to resign:

The San Diego County Democratic Party (today)
Nancy Pelosi, House (D) leader
California Assembly members Lorena Gonzales and Toni Atkins, both Democrats
US Representatives Scott Peters and Susan Davis, both Democrats
Both of California's Democratic US Senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein
City Council president Todd Gloria, who's most likely the interim mayor as Filner seeks rehab

Gov. Jerry Brown hasn't weighed in yet.