JEFFERSON CITY 鈥 A 狐狸视频 County state lawmaker was stripped Thursday of her positions on House committees in a rebuke of social media posts showing her with a Holocaust denier and a social media influencer.
State Rep. Sarah Unsicker lost her seat on four committees in a decision announced by House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, who said the Shrewsbury Democrat also could be removed as a member of the House Democratic Caucus just weeks before the legislative session begins.
鈥淒uring her time in the legislature, Rep. Sarah Unsicker has proven a strong advocate for society鈥檚 vulnerable, especially children. Recently, however, she has chosen to use social media to promote individuals who espouse baseless conspiracies and racist and anti-Semitic ideologies that are antithetical to the values of inclusiveness, tolerance and respect House Democrats are dedicated to upholding,鈥 Quade said.
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Among the committees Unsicker will leave is the House Children and Families Committee, where she served as the ranking minority member.
Losing positions on House committees leaves a lawmaker unable to weigh in on the crafting of new and reworked laws as part of the legislative process. The move by Quade, a candidate for governor, is considered harsh punishment in House circles, particularly against a fellow candidate for statewide office.
Unsicker, who has served in the House for seven years, is running for the Democratic nomination for attorney general against attorney Elad Gross.
Quade said she was acting to freeze out Unsicker after social media posts showed the lawmaker with Charles Johnson and Eric Garland.
I never expected to find the Wisconsin spy branch of my family. Or any others, either.
鈥 Sarah Unsicker (@SarahUnsicker)
Life is full of surprises. Enjoy the ride. And run them out of playbook.
(PS: there's a reason I don't take the selfies.)
The Anti-Defamation League lists Johnson as a Holocaust denier, who has questioned the number of Jews killed and whether the Auschwitz concentration camp was real.
Unsicker, in a press release, said she was confused.
鈥淚 have not been offered any explanation of how my behavior was different from my typical behavior, including my refusal to respond to slanderous representations about others,鈥 Unsicker said.
鈥淎s far as I can understand, it is my association with them and the defamatory articles posted about them this week that has led to my removal from committees,鈥 she told the Post-Dispatch later.
Gross called on Unsicker to resign her House seat and drop out of the attorney general race.