Two NC House Reps Lose Leadership Roles After Poor Treatment of Colleagues
- Two Republican representatives in the North Carolina House of Representatives resigned as deputy majority whips.
- The resignations came after the representatives made insulting comments about their Democratic colleagues pertaining to their education and religion.
- Rep. Jeff McNeely asked Rep. Abe Jones if he would have attended Harvard University without being an athlete or minority.
- Rep. Keith Kidwellmade suggested that Rep. Diamond Staton-Williams meant the 'Church of Satan' in a comment.
- The House leadership announced the resignations as a message enforcing decency and boundaries in how members treat one another.