House Minority Leaders Call Rep. Maddox to resign

ABC 36's Christy Bollinger reports

Abc 36's christy bollinger reports representative savannah maddox from dry ridge...is turning the blame back on democrats.

### angie hatton, house minority whip: it's not elections that are at stake here it's lives house democrats say statements from some of their republican counterparts aren't enough.

They want more...particularly from representative savannah maddox from dry ridge.

Minority leader joni jenkins: we think she's been most forefront at these rallies the democratic party is calling on her to resign and these representatives want her formally reprimanded when the house is back in session.

They say her statements at rallies in the last month helped embolden the protesters that hung a likeness of the governor sunday from a tree.

Joni: call on her to renounce words and apologize for i spoke to maddox before democrats issued that call wednesday....when she only knew the democratic party wanted her to resign.

"i will in no way shape or form entertain, anything of that notion because i have worked very hard to give kentuckians a voice" maddox says her intention in attending rallies..

Was never this.

She says she won't take the blame ...the protesters that hung an effigy are only hampering her efforts....not helping.

"no one could have foreseen that any member of a previous rally would have engaged in an action like that and it's simply not possible to have known that that would transpire."

But democrats say maddox should've known.

Angie hatton: and there darn well should be accountability there are consequences you say to words cb, abc 36 news.

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