The Florida Republican Party executive board voted to strip party chairman Christian Ziegler of his authority on Sunday, as he is embroiled in the fallout of a rape accusation made against him.
The board reduced Ziegler’s salary to $1 and stripped him of his power, while also setting up a Jan. 8, 2024, meeting of the full party governing body to remove the chairman and elect a new one.
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“We asked him to resign immediately, he has still not resigned,” Florida GOP Vice Chair Evan Power, per the Herald-Tribune. “So we wait, we’re calling a special meeting for Jan. 8 in Tallahassee to elect a new chairman and remove him formally from office.”
Ziegler was also censured by the executive board during the meeting in Orlando on Sunday, with the censure motion declaring that the board “has lost…