State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City), who drew condemnation after writing in a Facebook comment that she hoped President Trump would be assassinated, will remain in the statehouse to represent her district — although she now has been formally censured.Chappelle-Nadal had refused calls to step down, leading to a charge from Lt. Governor Mike Parson that she be expelled from the Senate.
But Parson's plan failed to gain enough support, and instead senators voted this afternoon to censure Chappelle-Nadal, as the Post-Dispatch has reported. That basically consists of a formal reprimand.
The censure passed 28-2, with only Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) and Senator Kiki Curls (D-Kansas City) voting against it.…