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Pennsylvania House leaders call for lawmaker to resign over videos of son, 5, drawing from cigar

By FOX 29 Staff
FOX 29 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Politics
Published October 8, 2020 3:23 PM EDT
Published October 8, 2020 3:23 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives are calling for one of their members to resign after reports surrounding videos of his son smoking a cigar. 

The Beaver County Times disclosed the existence of videos in which Rep. Aaron Bernstine encourages his 5-year-old son to draw from a cigar and use profane language. 

House Republican leaders say they are disgusted by the conduct of the second-term representative of Lawrence County. 

The videos, which have since been deleted, were posted on a Snapchat account. 

In a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, Bernstine apologized, calling them jokes that went too far. He also said he intended to keep running for another term in the Nov. 3 election.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.