JEFFERSON CITY — A Kansas City-area state representative is calling on fellow Democrats to boot one of their own from the party’s House Caucus.
Rep. Keri Ingle, D-Lee’s Summit, said in a news release Tuesday that state Rep. Sarah Unsicker of Shrewsbury “failed to denounce” antisemitic attacks, as well as accusations that members of their caucus worked for the Israeli government, in a recent livestreamed conversation with conspiracy theorists.
Her press release said Democratic caucus leadership should “begin the process” of removing her.
“As long as she persists in enabling and spreading this kind of rhetoric, I believe my Democratic colleagues must take swift action to uphold our caucus’ commitment to fight and confront hate and intolerance by ousting her from our ranks,” Ingle said.
Her press release added that Unsicker had helped “propagate hateful, antisemitic, and conspiratorial and racist rhetoric which has hurt people and sparked online harassment campaigns.”
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Unsicker did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ingle’s call Tuesday follows action by House Minority Leader Crystal Quade last week stripping Unsicker of her committee posts after Unsicker posted a picture of herself online with Charles Johnson and Eric Garland.
The Anti-Defamation League lists Johnson as a Holocaust denier, . Garland, who describes himself as a “geopolitical analyst,” is active on social media, where he writes frequently about .
Ingle’s press release said Unsicker had acted abusively on social media, calling it “unbecoming of a sitting state representative,” and accusing her of spreading “unfounded rumors” about two now-deceased Missouri politicians.
Since Quade’s announcement last week, Unsicker has publicly mentioned both former state Rep. Cora Faith Walker and former State Auditor Tom Schweich.
Though Quade removed Unsicker from House committees last week, as of Wednesday Unsicker as the lone House Democrat serving on the Missouri Statewide Council on Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children, a panel created under a 2022 .
A spokesman for the House Democrats said Tuesday the panel had completed its work and would dissolve at the end of the year.
The committee chairman, state Rep. Ed Lewis, said in a Friday news release that the panel would publish its legislative recommendations on or before Dec. 31.