GOP ousts Kansas Senate leader charged with DUI from post
By JOHN HANNAApril 10, 2021 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republicans on Friday ousted a powerful Kansas lawmaker charged with drunken driving from his leadership job following the release of a document saying he taunted the Highway Patrol trooper who arrested him and called the officer “donut boy.”
Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop’s removal was the first time in at least several decades that a Kansas legislative leader’s colleagues pushed someone out before the end of his or her term. Suellentrop, a Wichita Republican, had been set to be majority leader through 2024.
Kansas GOP leader Suellentrop ousted after threatening officer in DUI arrest
According to newly released information, Sen. Gene Suellentrop insulted and challenged a state trooper Gene Suellentrop, the Kansas GOP has relieved him of his post.
This happened after affidavits of search warrant and probable cause were requested for disclosure by
WIBW of Topeka, Kansas.
Not only was Suellentrop’s blood-alcohol level twice that of the legal limit at 0.17, but he also referred to the arresting officer, Kansas highway patrol trooper
Austin Shepley, as a “donut boy” and remarked that the arrest was “all for going the wrong way” while in the intoxilyzer room, according to the report.
Republicans oust Gene Suellentrop from his position as Kansas Senate Majority Leader
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TOPEKA, Kan. â Republicans have ousted a powerful Kansas lawmaker charged with drunken driving from his leadership job.
The move against Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop on Friday followed the release of a document saying he taunted the Highway Patrol trooper who arrested him and called the officer donut boy. It was the first time in at least several decades that a Kansas legislative leader s colleagues pushed him out before the end of his or her term.
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