Two scandal-plagued members of Florida’s congressional delegation need to leave of their own accord or be removed, according to former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner .

Renner, a Palm Coast Republican who is running for Governor, says he wants Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills to resign immediately.

“When an elected official demonstrates an ongoing pattern of self-interest and low moral character, they should do what is right and step down,” Renner said in a prepared statement.

If they don’t leave of their own accord, Renner said the House should “expel them without delay.”

The House Ethics Committee is already probing Mills, a New Smyrna Beach Republican, over allegations of profiting from federal defense contracts while in

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