Reps. Johnson, Moon make it 9 Republicans to call for Casada resignation

Reps. Curtis Johnson of Clarksville and Jerome Moon of Maryville  have joined the call for Glen Casada to step aside as House speaker following a text message scandal. That brings the number of Republicans to nine making appeals for Casada to resign from the chamber’s top leadership role.

“We need to restore the trust that has been lost,” Johnson told The Tennessean. “He has become a political liability to the members of the House and to the state. I would urge the speaker to step down.”

Moon wrote an email to a constituent over the weekend to say Casada’s removal needs to take place.

“Please write or email the Governor,” Moon wrote wrote in the email obtained by the The Tennessean. “Because he can call a special session to remove the Speaker, and that is what needs to happen.

“I don’t believe the Speaker will call a special session to remove himself.”