Top NH Dem called to resign after charges of domestic violence

"Eh, you lookin' at me?"

Jeff Woodburn, the top Democrat in the New Hampshire state Senate, was arrested Thursday on nine counts of domestic violence. Woodburn is the Senate minority leader and has vowed to fight the allegations because anyone would. There is a bipartisan call for him to resign and to stop biting and beating on his "intimate partner.' He is alleged to have struck her in the face, stomach, throwing water at her and causing damage to her property, according to the leftist Washington Post.

And if the Post accuses him, a Democrat, of throwing water, you can bet that it was likely boiling water.

"I intend to fully address and defend against these charges in court," Woodburn said.

"This morally reprehensible, violent behavior has no place in public service, or anywhere else," Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said. [Chris is the son of John Sununu, I bet.]

Even Ray Buckley, chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party said, "any form of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or domestic violence is completely unacceptable behavior for anyone let alone our public officials who should all be held to a higher standard."

No, everyone should be held to the same high standard, you elitist.

Woodburn is a third-term senator representing Senate District 1, and is running for reelection. He was selected to lead the Senate's Democratic caucus in 2014 and is an example of the finest the left has to offer.

Former Rep. Dick Swett [really, that's his name] another Democrat for whom the alleged domestic violence perp worked for early in his career, called the allegations against Woodburn "shocking."

Eight of Woodburn's Democratic leftist colleagues released a statement calling for him to resign. "Sen. Woodburn is entitled to full due process, but we jointly call on him to resign effective immediately."

In other words, they're saying even before he is tried, he needs to leave office as if he was guilty, even if he isn't.

Lou D'Allesandro (D) said, "He deserves his day in court. And that's why we have courts. I'm sure there are two sides to every story. These charges are awful, but (resigning) is his decision to make. He's got to do what he thinks is the right thing to do."

D'Allesandro deserves credit for standing with the law in that a person innocent until proven guilty.

But New Hampshire Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, both Democrats, basically convicted him before he's been tried and urged Woodburn to resign: "We must never tolerate the grave and despicable crime of domestic violence," Hassan said.

Ah, party loyalty and loyalty to the law.

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