“Scott Perry has disgraced South Central Pennsylvania, failed his country, and betrayed the trust of anyone who cares about our democracy. He is a stain on our Congress and must resign immediately,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills in a Sunday statement.
According to a Saturday report by The New York Times, Perry played a key role in an alleged plan to push out then-acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen as part of an effort to overturn the election results in Georgia.
The Times reported that Perry introduced Trump to Jeffrey Clark, the acting chief of the Department of Justice’s civil division, who believed Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was influenced by widespread voter fraud and irregularities.
Perry and Clark then discussed a plan to have the Justice Department send a letter to Georgia state lawmakers, saying that a voter fraud investigation could invalidate the state’s Electoral College results, according to the outlet.
The men shared their plan with Trump. However, the Times noted Rosen refused to send the letter. Trump, who was reportedly considering firing Rosen and replacing him with Clark, decided to keep Rosen after a threat of mass resignations from top leaders at the Justice Department.
Clark declined to comment to the newspaper about his relationship with Perry and denied any plan to remove Cohen from his post.
If Perry refuses to quit office, Mills added he should be removed from congressional committee assignments by House GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and denied state and national congressional funding.
Democratic State Attorney General Josh Shapiro also echoed the state Democratic Party’s call for Perry’s resignation.
“There must be consequences for this conduct,” Shapiro said in a Saturday Twitter post.
Shapiro added that Perry “should familiarize himself with Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of our Constitution,” which prohibits senators and representatives in Congress from engaging in insurrection or rebellion or aiding rebels standing against the government.
Democratic Pennsylvania lawmakers Malcolm Kenyatta and Brian Sims also urged Perry to quit.
“Hey Representative Scott Perry, resign,” Kenyatta tweeted Saturday.
In a statement published on Saturday, Kenyatta added: “Scott Perry, this is not your first time being a national embarrassment but make it your last– resign.”
Sims echoed Kenyatta’s call. “Yes, he should resign. Frankly, I think he should be prosecuted,” Sims said in a Sunday morning tweet responding to a follower’s question.
Newsweek reached out to Perry’s office, but didn’t hear back in time for publication.
