A New Hampshire Democrat who joked about Sarah Palin's death has resigned from the state’s House of Representatives and ended his campaign for reelection, he announced today in a public letter to the House Speaker, apologizing for bringing “this House into disrepute.”
Rep. Timothy Horrigan had speculated yesterday on Facebook that a slain Palin would become a martyr.
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