I do have to admit that the last person I expected to state that President Biden should step down was a Democrat who happens to be a convicted criminal. Maybe criminals are like birds of a feather; they like to hang together and support each other. The new norm is for criminals to be elected while good people lose.
The Missouri City, Texas Democrat has won re-election several times since his 2015 conviction on misdemeanor charges for illegally soliciting clients.
State Rep. Ron Reynolds was released Friday from the Montgomery County Jail after serving nearly four months of his yearlong sentence — just days before the 86th Legislature kicks off in Austin.
The Missouri City Democrat, who won an unopposed re-election campaign from jail in November, had been in jail since turning himself in there in September.
A personal injury lawyer, Reynolds was convicted in 2015 on misdemeanor charges for illegally soliciting clients, a practice sometimes called “ambulance chasing.”
Reynolds was sentenced to a year, but it wasn’t clear how long he would serve; county jails often allow “good time credit” to cut down time served.
Reynolds said in a statement at the time that he “voluntarily revoked his appeal bond so that he could be prepared to start the 86th Legislative Session on time.”
State law does not prohibit individuals convicted on misdemeanor charges from serving in the Legislature — meaning Reynolds could have served his term from jail. He has served in the Legislature since 2011.
Ron Reynolds stated the following:
HOUSTON — A Texas lawmaker is among the first to publicly call for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race for re-election. KHOU 11’s Len Cannon talked to Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds on Friday.
Reynolds said he’s concerned after watching the president’s performance during Thursday night’s debate.
“I know it’s not popular,” he said. “It may be unconventional. It may be a little painful, but I’d rather have this short-term confusion and a battle at the (Democratic) convention than a long term of four more years of failed President (Donald) Trump.”
