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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) A leader of the Republican Party of Florida has apologized for being excessively drunk and urinating and vomiting all over his room at a hotel last week, saying he has been dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues.
George Riley, executive director of the state GOP, said Tuesday that he was deeply sorry for his behavior during a stay at a hotel in Kissimmee, near Orlando.
I have been dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues, Riley, 43, told the Tampa Bay Times. I will pay for any damages that were caused. I apologize to the employees for my bad behavior and I will be seeking help soon.
Rileys behavior is the latest black eye for the Florida GOP. Earlier this year, the party ousted its chairman, Christian Ziegler, following an investigation into a rape accusation. Police later cleared him.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/10/florida-gop-leader-trashes-hotel-room-alcoholism/

Hassler
(3,986 posts)Unless crib robber Matt Gaetz gets the Dementia J Chump endorsement
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,716 posts)Permanut
(6,800 posts)gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)Skittles
(161,550 posts)but I despise repukes who really don't do shit to help, well, people like him
OldBaldy1701E
(7,075 posts)Who I don't feel for are those idiots who do this crap and then use those issues as an excuse. It demeans the issues and it demeans those who are actually suffering from them. Since that guy and his entire party refuse to accept that such issues even exist (just check their track record on voting over any kind of help or aid for mental health issues), for them to turn and use said issues every time they cannot control themselves is a slap in the face as far as I am concerned.
Now, he might actually suffer from one or both. His party affiliation tells me that my assumption is the more probable assessment of the situation. But, he might...
Roy Rolling
(7,248 posts)The leader of Florida GOP.
To find enough deplorables to fill all the propaganda jobs Republicans have created, the quality of cult members falls.
These are very dangerous times because of the idiots who will follow orders without question, but have no self-control or intelligence. And Im talking about the leadership, not ordinary cultists.
trusty elf
(7,483 posts)
North Shore Chicago
(4,075 posts)the hell does he think he is?!
Axel Rose?
tanyev
(45,255 posts)when the GOP convention comes to town?
leftyladyfrommo
(19,517 posts)best people.
Hugin
(35,388 posts)
But the cellphone video Ziegler took of the Oct. 2 incident has prompted a different allegation against him: video voyeurism. Police forwarded a probable-cause affidavit for video voyeurism, a third-degree felony, against Ziegler to the Sarasota County state attorneys office.
I doubt anything will ever come of that as its shoved down the GrOPper memory hole.
But, theres this Hush money? Isnt that ironic.

According to the affidavit, Ziegler told detectives that his separate encounter with the woman in early October was consensual and that he had recorded it. A few days later, the affidavit says, he contacted her and asked how he could help her, including financially.
Read more mendacity here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/19/christian-ziegler-republican-party-florida-rape/
struggle4progress
(121,214 posts)CTyankee
(65,560 posts)He will die if he doesn't get immediate medical help. I hope he gets it. He simply cannot live in society and be a threat to others. It sounds like this has been going on for some time now. Having had alcoholism ruin the marriages and lives of some members of my family, I have seen the ravage of lives, gone to funerals, and seen enough destruction and death caused by addiction. And I am not special. I cam certain there are many, many other families who have had similar experiences.
Having said that, I hope he gets the help he clearly needs. For him and everyone affected in his life.
prodigitalson
(3,042 posts)sounds like this guy has found his rock bottom. maybe his politics will change too
OAITW r.2.0
(29,289 posts)he knows will hurt the people that he represents? If I was in this Party, I'd be self-medicating to forget the awful things that I would be forced to support.
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)for vandalism and destruction of private property...you can bet if it was a Democrat he/she would be in jail