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This Florida Senator Was Forced To Resign Over Racial Slurs

Florida Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the state’s legislature following a scandal in which he lashed out against two lawmakers at a bar in Tallahassee. He was drunk when he called Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, the “B” word and also referred to some of his fellow Republicans as “n—-s.” He apologized on the Senate floor, but that wasn’t enough. Three days after the incident came to light, he stepped down. He said in a statement: “My actions and my presence in government is now a distraction to my colleagues, the legislative process, and the citizens of our great State.”