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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:04 AM Sep 2017

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Most Want Menendez to Resign If Convicted

September 25, 2017 at 12:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

A new Suffolk University poll in New Jersey finds that 84% of likely voters says Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) should resign if convicted on bribery charges, while just 10% said he should not.

Public opinion of Menendez is negative overall, with 20% having a favorable view while 46% have an unfavorable view of him.

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/25/want-menendez-resign-convicted/

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Most Want Menendez to Resign If Convicted (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP

What happens if you are convicted but do not resign? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #1

More than likely he will be out pending an appeal. Lochloosa Sep 2017 #4

If convicted, he should resign as soon as Phil Murphy takes office crazycatlady Sep 2017 #2

So then Murphy appoints his replacement? awesomerwb1 Sep 2017 #5

Yes crazycatlady Sep 2017 #6

Sounds Like a Push Poll DarthDem Sep 2017 #3

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

1. What happens if you are convicted but do not resign?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:06 AM

Sep 2017

You work from jail?

Lochloosa

(16,066 posts)

4. More than likely he will be out pending an appeal.

Reply to Not Ruth (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:54 AM

Sep 2017

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

2. If convicted, he should resign as soon as Phil Murphy takes office

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:08 AM

Sep 2017

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)

5. So then Murphy appoints his replacement?

Reply to crazycatlady (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 11:22 AM

Sep 2017

Is that how that works? thx

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

6. Yes

Reply to awesomerwb1 (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 11:23 AM

Sep 2017

If Christie appoints his replacement, he will appoint a Republican (similar to what he did after Frank Lautenberg's death).

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)

3. Sounds Like a Push Poll

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:52 AM

Sep 2017

He should not resign, if convicted, until his appeal is heard and decided. And hey, maybe there's a pardon in there for him, right?

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