Lawmaker under fire for apparently mocking Women's March women's looks

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A Nebraska state senator with a history of questionable online behavior could become the first lawmaker to get expelled from the Legislature in recent history if he doesn’t resign.

Lawmakers could vote Wednesday to remove State Sen. Bill Kintner, of Papillion, from office. Kintner has scheduled a press conference before the vote to announce his plans.

Kintner has faced criticism for a pattern of behavior that includes cybersex on a state computer and retweeting a joke that implied Women’s March protesters are too unattractive to sexually assault.

The legislature’s speaker, State Sen. Jim Scheer, says he’s confident lawmakers have enough votes to expel Kintner, but debate over the matter could delay the vote.

State Sen. Bill Krist put together a resolution to expel Kintner if he doesn’t quit on his own, reports CBS Omaha affiliate KMTV.

“We all have a line that we draw in the sand and this is what we will and will not do. I think most of them have been put beyond that line by Senator Kintner and there’s no turning back at this point,” Sen. Krist explained to the station.

Once the uproar over the Women’s March retweet began, Kintner deleted his Twitter account, KMTVF reports. Kintner says people were taking the tweet out of context. 

KMTV reports the latest controversy comes after Kintner admitted using a state computer to engage in cyber-sex with a woman who wasn’t his wife last year. Kintner paid a $1,000 fine and also ignored calls for his resignation.

Kintner was elected in 2012 in a largely rural and suburban district south of Omaha.