Rep. Liz Harris was kicked out of the Legislature in a bipartisan vote after the House Ethics Committee determined she had engaged in “disorderly behavior” by making unsubstantiated claims that many public officials took bribes from a Mexican drug cartel.
making unsubstantiated accusations that a wide range of politicians, judges and public officials of both parties took bribes from a Mexican drug cartel.
“This comes down to the integrity, in my opinion, of this institution and us as leaders,” said Rep. David Livingston, a Republican who voted to expel Harris. “This is not personal.” The vote against Harris comes less than a week after Tennessee Republicans voted to expel two black Democrats, a decision that made that statein the battle for the future of American democracy. But the Arizona vote did not carry the same partisan and racial overtones, with widespread and bipartisan condemnation for Harris's actions.
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