04-12-2014, 03:20 PM
Pressure mounts from within the GOP for his resignation.
"Gov. Bobby Jindal called the congressman's behavior an embarrassment.
"Congressman McAllister says he wants privacy to work on his issues with his family. The best way to get privacy and work on putting his family back together is to resign from Congress," Jindal said Thursday.
Party chairman Roger Villere accused McAllister of "extreme hypocrisy" in a blistering statement that said "a breach of trust of this magnitude can only be rectified by an immediate resignation."
There was milder pressure from Washington, where House Speaker John Boehner said after talking to McAllister: "He's got decisions that he has to make." The nation's top Republican officeholder added, "I expect all members (of Congress) to be held to the highest ethical standards, and this is no different."
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2...calls.html
"Gov. Bobby Jindal called the congressman's behavior an embarrassment.
"Congressman McAllister says he wants privacy to work on his issues with his family. The best way to get privacy and work on putting his family back together is to resign from Congress," Jindal said Thursday.
Party chairman Roger Villere accused McAllister of "extreme hypocrisy" in a blistering statement that said "a breach of trust of this magnitude can only be rectified by an immediate resignation."
There was milder pressure from Washington, where House Speaker John Boehner said after talking to McAllister: "He's got decisions that he has to make." The nation's top Republican officeholder added, "I expect all members (of Congress) to be held to the highest ethical standards, and this is no different."
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2...calls.html