Twitter flap forces Kansas governor to drop court nominee

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Posts on a Kansas judge's Twitter feed that included vulgar language and criticism of President Donald Trump prompted Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to withdraw his nomination Tuesday for the state's second-highest court and raised questions about her vetting process.

Labette County District Judge Jeffry Jack faced a call to resign from his current position from Kansas for Life, a politically influential anti-abortion group. Jack maintained in a statement that his tweets expressed "anti-violence, anti-discrimination and anti-hypocrisy" views and non-partisan personal opinions...

 

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