A Hartford state representative has been advised to resign by Connecticut's speaker of the house after questionable text messages surfaced between Angel Arce and a teenager.
Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz sent a letter to Arce Wednesday, informing him that he removed the state representative from the positions of assistant majority leader and vice chair of the transportation committee, as well as from the transportation, housing and finance, revenue and bonding committees.
“In light of the nature of such information, I strongly encourage you to resign your office of State Representative for the 4th District in the Connecticut House of Representatives,” the letter from Aresimowicz says.
Messaged obtained by the Hartford Courant purportedly shows Arce talking to a 16-year-old girl. The girl in question is now 18 years old.
NBC Connecticut was able to confirm that these messages do exist, but have not seen them first-hand. One Democratic source describes them as "not explicit and not at all appropriate."
No criminal investigation is underway since the messages are not explicit.
NBC Connecticut has reached out to Arce for comment.
