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We're not going to tolerate a guy having an extramarital affair. But a guy calling for murder? That's cool.

Missouri state Rep. Gina Mitten, criticizing the state house speaker for urging a lawmaker who was allegedly caught cheating on his wife to resign but not doing the same for a lawmaker who said the people who vandalized a Confederate memorial should be "hung from a tall tree with a long rope."

Missouri state Rep. Gina Mitten, criticizing the state house speaker for urging a lawmaker who was allegedly caught cheating on his wife to resign but not doing the same for a lawmaker who said the people who vandalized a Confederate memorial should be "hung from a tall tree with a long rope."

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.