The head of Florida’s Republican Party indicated Saturday he will not step down while facing an investigation into sexual assault, rejecting calls by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to give up his role as the party’s top operative.
In a letter to the state GOP, chairman Christian Ziegler did not address the allegation – which continued to send shockwaves through the state on Saturday as troubling new details about the investigation emerged – but suggested a conspiracy was afoot to leak details from the Sarasota Police Department probe.
“We have a country to save and I am not going to let false allegations of a crime put that mission on the bench as I wait for this process to wrap up,” he wrote.
Why should he step down? Sexual assault has never upset a conservative voter. In fact, rape is not even condemned in their bible because women apparently exist to serve men.
Even the leader of their party was found by a court to have committed sexual assault, and he is still their most popular presidential candidate. So, why the hell would he step down?