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DonViejo

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Wed Apr 9, 2014, 04:29 PM Apr 2014

La. Republican Chairman calling for McAllister's resignation [View all]

Source: The Hill

April 09, 2014, 04:16 pm

By Alexandra Jaffe

The Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party has been calling Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) since Tuesday night to ask for his resignation, but has yet received no response.

A source close to the state party tells The Hill that Chairman Roger Villere has repeatedly tried contacting McAllister via phone and email, but the calls go straight to voicemail and the emails haven’t been returned.

Villere, the source said, was able to get McAllister’s chief of staff, Adam Terry, on the phone Tuesday night for a heated conversation about the congressman’s future, but that discussion hasn’t led to direct contact with McAllister.
A local newspaper earlier this week published video footage of the married congressman and father of five kissing a female staffer.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/203119-la-gop-chairman-calling-for-mcallisters-resignation

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