A Florida school board passed a resolution Tuesday calling for the resignation of one of its members, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, amid a rape investigation into her husband, the GOP state chairman.
The Sarasota County School Board cannot oust Bridget Ziegler from the panel but voted 4-1 to recommend that she step down in the fallout from the bombshell sex scandal.
Ziegler, who voted against the bipartisan measure, dismissed it as “toothless” and said she was “disappointed.” She gave no indication that she would resign – and remained on the dais after the vote.
Board Chair Karen Rose, who introduced the resolution against Ziegler, said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the rape allegations targeting her husband, Republican State Chairman Christian Ziegler, and the couple’s admissions about having a threesome previously with the accuser.
“I personally care about Bridget and her family and deeply regret the necessity for this course of action, but given the intense media scrutiny locally and nationally, her continued presence on the Board would cause irreparably harmful distractions to our critical mission,” Rose wrote.
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