PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The top Republican in the Rhode Island House, who was arrested in Connecticut two weeks ago on charges of driving drunk and possessing marijuana, was voted out of his leadership position Tuesday.[Source]
Republican lawmakers decided Rep. Robert Watson will be replaced as minority leader by Rep. Brian Newberry.
Police arrested Watson at a police checkpoint in East Haven, Conn., on April 22. Watson smelled of alcohol and marijuana and performed poorly on field sobriety tests, according to a police report documenting the stop. The officer who detained him said he found a bag of marijuana and a wooden pipe in his pocket.
Watson, who is from East Greenwich, a wealthy town of 13,000 residents in the center of the state, drew criticism in February after he gave a speech to the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce in which he said facetiously that state lawmakers had their priorities right "if you are a Guatemalan gay man who likes to gamble and smokes marijuana."
Why is it these Republican politicians are always getting caught doing things they claim to be ardently against? Against gay marriage? Get caught playing footsey in a airport bathroom stall, or traveling with a male escort. Want to impeach the President for getting some Henry? It comes out they cheated and remarried multiple times, or slept with their employees wife. And of course we can't forget about this guy. If I could take out odds that a Republican will get caught doing something they swear up and down they are against... I wonder how many of the Pro lifers have abortions hiding in the closet.
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