MN Lawmaker In Sex Scandal Urged To Skip Flood Vote

A Minnesota state senator who shares a district with Rep. Kerry Gauthier, the lawmaker involved in a sex scandal with a 17-year-old boy, is urging Gauthier to skip a special session on flood relief for his district and surrounding areas.

 

 

 

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota state senator who shares a district with Rep. Kerry Gauthier, the lawmaker involved in a sex scandal with a 17-year-old boy, is urging Gauthier to skip a special session on flood relief for his district and surrounding areas.

Sen. Roger Reinert, a Duluth Democrat, said Wednesday that Gauthier would distract from the flood recovery effort.

Reinert says Gauthier instead could become a focus for majority Republicans, who might censure him or even block him from taking his seat in the House chamber. Reinert said he hopes Gauthier ``would take that day off.''

Gauthier, a Democrat from Duluth, has made no public comment since his liaison with the teen at a rest stop became public last week.

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