Calls Growing For Trenton Councilwoman Robin Vaughn To Resign After Calling Openly Gay Mayor A ‘Drug-Addict Pedophile’

Matt Petrillo reports.

BELIEVE IT.THIS IS "EYEWITNESS NEWS"AT 5:00 WE ARE STREAMING LIVEON CBSN PHILLY.GOOD EVENING, I'M UKEEWASHINGTON.TRENTON, NEW JERSEY HAS A LOTTO DEAL WITH AS ITS COVID-19CASES SORE PAST 1,000 BUT NOWCOUNCIL WOMAN IS UNDER FIREFOR APPEARING TO HAVE MADEHOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS ABOUT THECITY'S OPENLY GAY MAYOR OVERTHE WEEKEND."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERMATT PETRILLO'S AT TRENTONCITY HALL WITH THE STORY.REPORTER: RALLY WAS HELDEARLIER TODAY AT TRENTON CITYHALL IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCILWOMAN ROBIN VAUGHN, BUT THEREIS OTHER ELECT OFFICIALSCALLING FOR HER TO STEP DOWN,AFTER CALLING THE MAYOR, AQUOTE DRUG ADDICT PEDOPHILE.THAT IS JUST PART OF APROFANITY LACED HOMOPHOBICTIRADE MADE BY TRENTON COUNCILMEMBER ROBIN VAUGHN AND AIMEDAT CAPITOL CITY'S MAYOR.IT IS HURTFUL, VIAL.REPORTER: MARRIED READGASIORA SAID IT HAPPENEDDURING A CLOSED DOOR,TELECONFERENCE ON SATURDAYTHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ACORONAVIRUS UPDATE.DO YOU THINK COUNCIL WOMANVAUGHN ATTACK YOU BECAUSE YOUARE OPENLY GAY.ABSOLUTELY.IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SHE WANTTODD GO FOR JUGULAR VEIN.REPORTER: VAUGHN INSULTEDCOUNCIL MAN JOE HARRISON AFTERHE STUCK UP FOR THE MAYOR.UNAUDIBLE.VAUGHN NEVER RESPONDED TOINTERVIEW REQUEST MADE BY"EYEWITNESS NEWS".HAVING CONCERN, REAL CARE.REPORTER: A DOZEN OF HERSUPPORTERS RALLY WITH MIDFRONT OF THE TRENTON CITY HALLTHURSDAY, SOME HOLDING SIGNSTHAT READ, I STAND WITHCOUNCIL WOMAN VAUGHN.SHE DID FOR THE CITY, ANDSHE HAS OUR INTEREST AT HEART.REPORTER: THE COUNCIL WOMANDID NOT PEER BUT DID APOLOGIZEON LINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THATREADS IN PART I'M DEEPLY,SPECIFICALLY SORRY FOR THELANGUAGE THAT HAS OFFENDED SOMANY, IT WAS NOT MY INTEND TOATTACK ANY WITHIN ON THE BASISOF ANY CLASSIFICATION, ORPERSONAL PREFERENCES.STILL, MANY LIKE THE GARDENSTATE'S QUALITY WANT VAUGHN TOGO FURTHER ARE.THE RIGHT THING WOULD BE TORESIGN GIVEN THAT HER WORDSARE AN ATTACK ON DIVERSITY OFTRENTON'S COMMUNITY.REPORTER: MEANTIME GOVERNORPHIL MURPHY AND U.S. SENATORSCORY BOOKER AND BOB MENENDEZARE ARE ALL CALLING FOR ROBINVAUGHN TO STEP DOWN BUT ITDOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT WILL