A Democratic legislator from Springfield faces a Missouri House ethics investigation because of an obscene text message sent to a Republican colleague.

State Rep. Jeremy Dean of Springfield sent the text message on Sept. 4 to Republican state Rep. Cecelie Williams of Dittmer. Dean and other Democrats were engaged in a sit-in on the House floor and Williams was serving on the House Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee as it debated a bill altering the majority requirement for constitutional amendments proposed by initiative.

The message included a description of an oral sex act with President Donald Trump and questioned how Republicans could talk while engaged in it.

House Minority Leader Ashley Aune, a Democrat from Kansas City, said she removed Dean from his committee ass

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