Wednesday 28 September 2022 03:44 PM Gov. DeSantis appointee resigns after pics emerge of him wearing a KKK outfit ... trends now
A commissioner of Florida's only predominantly black county resigned after a photo emerged of him wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit at a Halloween party.
Jeffery Moore, a former Department of Revenue employee who was tapped to join the Gadsden County Commissioners by Gov. Ron DeSantis in July, abruptly resigned last week after the photo began circulating in the county, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
The shocking photo shows Moore celebrating in a KKK robe and hood at an undated Halloween party with other guests dancing around him.
Local religious leaders are now calling on Moore and DeSantis to explain the origins of the picture and to officially confirm or deny that it is Moore in the costume.
Jeffery Moore, a former Gadsden County commissioner, resigned last week after photos began circulating of him wearing a KKK outfit at an undated Halloween party
Moore (Center) had been sworn in just two months ago (pictured), and has yet to discuss the photograph that threw his community into an uproar
Moore was appointed to the position by Gov. Ron DeSantis (above). This is the second incident of its kind after photos emerged of DeSantis' state secretary wearing black face
Moore submitted his letter of resignation to the governor's office last week, offering no explanation or mentioning the photo circulating his county.
'Please accept this notification of my resignation, effective this date of Sept. 23, 2022, from the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners,' Moore wrote. 'Thank you for the opportunity to have served in the position, however for personal reasons I am no longer able to continue.'
Moore, the only Republican on the five-member commissioner board, also pulled his campaign for the District 2 race this November.
Moore has not spoken
