A leader of the Florida Republican Party reported missing by his family was kicked out of a hotel in Kissimmee for “excessive drinking” and trashing his room, according to an Osceola County Sheriff’s office report.

George Riley Jr., reappointed executive director of the Florida GOP last month after serving in that job from 2016 to 2019, was eventually found at a hotel outside Walt Disney World and reunited with his family.

Riley did not respond to requests for comment from the Orlando Sentinel but told the Tampa Bay Times he was “deeply sorry.”

“I have been

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