NAACP call for resignation, accountability from elected Trump-backers
Jeremy M. Lazarus | 1/14/2021, 6 p.m.
The Loudoun County Branch NAACP is calling for Loudoun Republican Delegate David A. “Dave” LaRock to immediately resign for participating in the Jan. 6 rally and insurrection in Washington.
The call for his resignation was echoed by Northern Virginia Democratic Party members.
The branch’s statement lambasted the Trump loyalist for helping to incite the uprising in the nation’s capital.
Delegate LaRock has rejected the civil rights organization’s claim.
The national NAACP immediately denounced the attack on the capital and followed by posting a petition on its website supporting the second impeachment of President Trump. Impeachment, NAACP officials said, is the first step to ensuring that the president would “never again be able to harm our beloved country and its people.”
The Virginia State Conference NAACP also called for an explanation from the four Virginia Republican congressional representatives who joined GOP colleagues in seeking to overturn the November election and maintain President Trump in office. They are Rep. Rob Wittman, 1st District; Rep. Bob Good, 5th District; Rep. Ben Cline, 6th District; and Rep. Morgan Griffith, 9th District.
The four also voted against impeaching President Trump in Wednesday’s House vote.
