The House’s 35-1 vote to censure Eastman — the lone vote against the measure came from Eastman himself — marks the third time the controversial Wasilla Republican has been reprimanded by the House. (From AlaskaBeacon)
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, sits in a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Eastman was censured by the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday after a motion from Rep. Andrew Gray, D-Anchorage, at background.
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, sits beneath a voting board that displays the motion to censure him on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in the Alaska House of Representatives. For parts of Monday’s presentation, the Children’s Trust discussed how conditions present in a family before a child is born can determine how many adverse childhood experiences that child will have.
During Monday’s hearing, neither Storrs nor Eastman’s fellow legislators understood his comment because the issue of abortion never arose; Eastman never made the analogy he subsequently said he intended.She has an adopted son and was fired up about Eastman’s comment, but she said she also understands that sometimes, a legislator misspeaks or makes themselves misunderstood.
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