Orange County Republican Chairwoman Courtney Canfield-Greene has joined the chorus of Republicans demanding that Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver quit because of his arrest today on corruption charges, and chiding Democratic Assembly members for supporting Silver’s re-election as speaker.
“For decades, our middle-class families have been harmed by the dysfunction and corruption that he helped to create,” Canfield-Greene said. “Democrat Assemblymen James Skoufis and Frank Skartados as well as Democrat Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther must also answer to the people of Orange County for their decision to endorse Silver’s speakership as recently as this month in the midst of his ongoing federal corruption probe.”