Kentucky state representative Robert Goforth's political career is in shambles, and Democrats are urging his ouster.<br />The Republican was indicted by a grand jury Friday on one count of first-degree strangulation and one count of assault in the fourth degree.<br />Newser reports Goforth was arrested and released on bail in April after a woman told police he had hit her and strangled her with an ethernet cable.<br />In 2019, Goforth helped pass a law to make it easier to prosecute strangulation as a felony.<br />Goforth should have resigned back in April and his party should have taken action against him when he refused to do so. Marisa McNee Kentucky Democratic Party spokeswoman
