A top advocate for the N.C. Public Interest Research Group has called for Rep. Thomas Wright to step down.
In a short post on the NCPIRG blog, Rob Thompson told Wright to "quit your job, plead guilty, and go to jail" after yesterday's campaign finance hearings:
Anyone who was involved in North Carolina politics knew that former Speaker Jim Black was corrupt and deserved to go to jail well before he plead guilty to corruption charges. However, many of us patiently waited to pass judgement (publicly) until he entered his plea. Sorry Rep. Wright, I'm not ignoring the obvious this time - you should step down.
Earlier today, former Democratic operative Joe Sinsheimer called for the House to consider expelling Wright.
