Fla. Pol Resigns After Anti-Christian Comment Goes Viral

A Florida Democrat has resigned from his county chairmanship after anti-Christian comments he made at the Democratic National Convention spread through an online video.

Mark Siegel resigned Friday from his post in the Palm Beach County Democratic Party, according to the communications director of the state’s Democratic Party, Brannon Jordan.

Siegel, speaking to a conservative journalist in Charlotte, NC, said he wasn’t a fan of Christianity because “the Christians just want [Jews] to be there so we can be slaughtered and converted and bring on the second coming of Jesus Christ.”

Terrie Rizzo, the county’s vice chairman, has replaced Siegel as chairman. Siegel’s resignation reverses his actions on Thursday, one day after the comments first went public — where he publicly apologized but stated he would hold on to his job.