{"id":1766863,"date":"2022-12-07T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766863"},"modified":"2022-12-07T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:18:14","slug":"new-hampshire-house-dem-leader-asks-transgender-felon-rep-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-house-dem-leader-asks-transgender-felon-rep-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire House Dem Leader Asks Transgender Felon Rep. to Resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-hampshire-house-dem-leader-asks-transgender-felon-rep-to-resign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stacie-laughton-hudson-pd___07111154267.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>CONCORD, NH \u2014 After weeks of waiting for official comment, Democrat\u2019s New Hampshire House leader has formally requested a Nashua Democrat to resign from her seat due to multiple criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/nashua-democrat-state-rep-arrested-again-accused-stalking\">allegations against her<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/rev-stacie-marie-laughton-nashua-state-representative-candidate\">State Rep. Stacie Laughton<\/a> (D-Nashua), a prior felon and one of the first transgendered persons to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, is being held in jail <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/judge-orders-nashua-state-rep-accused-stalking-remain-behind-bars\">on multiple charges<\/a>, accused of stalking a woman in Hudson in August and November. She was arrested on two sets of charges \u2014 and was able to hide one of the arrests from voters. The second allegation against her occurred on Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>Laughton, <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/nh-advocacy-group-no-place-house-dem-accused-stalking\">through her attorney<\/a>, informed the Secretary of State\u2019s office she would not be seated for Organization Day and probably would not be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/nashua-state-representative-laughton-arrested-again\">defend her duties for several months<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/nashua\/nh-dem-rep-defends-alleged-stalker-she-s-basically-good-person\">being sworn in today<\/a>, state Rep. Matt Wilhem, D-Manchester, called the accusations against Laughton \u201cdeeply troubling,\u201d noting \u201cdomestic violence and stalking is reprehensive behavior.\u201d He then called on her to resign and for a special election to be held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Representative Laughton\u2019s attorney has stated that she will be unable to undertake legislative activities for a couple of months,\u201d Wilhem said, \u201cI call on her to issue a formal resignation and allow the citizens of Nashua to elect a new representative in a special election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Last year, after being arrested on texting charges, she complained about media coverage that made her look like a monster. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve come a long way I have a good heart,\u201d she said. \u201cI love serving my community \u2026 I love volunteering in my community to help others in need because I have been somebody in need in the past \u2026 I have been homeless and now I am (the) host &#8230; I have needed help with food and now I can help with food &#8230; so it\u2019s really sad to see people paint such a negative picture of me and not get the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Organization Day, 200 Republicans and 191 Democrats were sworn into the House. Republicans hold a tiny 201 to 198 majority. <\/p>\n<p>According to reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewHampJournal\/status\/1600510801164500996\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">state Sen. Jeb Bradley<\/a>, R-Wolfeboro, was sworn in as Senate president. <\/p>\n<p><em>Got a news tip? Please send it to tony.schinella@patch.com. View videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tonyschinella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Schinella&#8217;s YouTube.com channel<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/c-342105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rumble.com channel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONCORD, NH \u2014 After weeks of waiting for official comment, Democrat\u2019s New Hampshire House leader has formally requested a Nashua Democrat to resign from her seat due to multiple criminal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1766866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}