Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Scott DesJarlais Faces Heat From Conservatives For Affair With Patient

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Scott DesJarlais Faces Heat From Conservatives For Affair With Patient
Oct 16th 2012, 19:07

The Tennessee Conservative Union is debating whether to ask Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) to resign his U.S. congressional seat after The Huffington Post reported that the "family-values" representative and doctor had a relationship with a patient in 2000, then encouraged her to get an abortion.

"We're very upset that he's broken his medical creed and the trust of the citizens of his district," TCU Chairman Lloyd Daugherty told the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

The group generally backs Republicans, but in 2010, Daugherty endorsed DesJarlais' competitor, the Democratic incumbent. TCU describes itself as the "non-partisan voice for the conservative viewpoint in Tennessee."

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