For the second time in two weeks, a Republican state senator has stepped forward to voice his disappointment in fellow Republican Sen. Kent Sorenson. Sen. Brad Zaun was on WHO TV’s Insiders program with Dave Price on Sunday. The straight talking Polk County lawmaker didn’t beat around the bush. He wants Sorenson to resign.

“I know the answers to many of the allegations,” Zaun told WHO TV’s Dave Price. “I’m part of the police investigation in Urbandale as well as the ethics investigation. With that said, I think its been a big distraction for the Senate Republicans, and I would agree with senators Chelgren and Whitver that he needs to resign.”

Price pressed Zaun and asked if he meant that Sorenson should resign now or once the ethics investigation has been concluded. Zaun reaffirmed his position by saying, “I know answers. I think Senator Sorenson should resign.”

Zaun also stated that even if Sorenson’s wife or one of his children were paid directly or indirectly by the Ron Paul campaign, it would be a violation of the ethics rules in the Iowa Senate.

After taping the segment, Zaun went to his Facebook page and wrote that, while some people may consider his remarks on Sorenson to be controversial, he’s calling “a spade is a spade.” Zaun also wrote, “My dad always told me, ‘Tell the truth, and you will never have to remember what you said.’ Well that is how I live my life and always will!”

Earlier this month, TheIowaRepublican.com released documents and emails that showed that Sorenson had solicited payment in advance of defecting from Michele Bachmann’s campaign to support Ron Paul just days before the 2012 Iowa caucuses. An audio recording of Sorenson confirmed that Paul’s National Deputy Campaign Manager Demitri Kesari had dinner with Sorenson and his wife where he presented Sorenson’s wife a check from Kesari’s jewelry store.

Sorenson is already under investigation for violating Iowa Senate ethics rules that preclude state senators from receiving payment from presidential campaigns. Sorenson has also emphatically denied any wrongdoing despite mounting evidence that suggests otherwise.

Even though three Republican State Senators have now called for Sorenson to resign, Senate Minority Leader Bill Dix has kept quite on the matter. After being asked for comment on Sunday by TheIowaRepublican.com, Dix released a statement saying, “The Senate Ethics Committee has appointed a special investigator to examine all the allegations involving Senator Sorenson. There is a process in place, and it is in place for a reason. Senate Republican leadership believes in the importance of allowing the process to work to maintain the integrity of the Iowa Senate.”

http://theiowarepublican.com/2013/zaun-sorenson-should-resign-scandal-has-been-major-distraction-for-senate-republicans/

This doesn't surprise me. It's the only way the loon was able to get any delegates or big name supporters. He is just another dirty elected official and so is his lunatic son.

One dirty loon gone (Ron Paul) one more dirty loon to go (Rand Paul)

Rand is not a carbon copy of his father. He has some good, well thought out ideas that are constitutional.