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West Virginia GOP Lawmaker Resigns After Antigay Slurs Surface

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resigned from his office Saturday after screenshots of him using antigay slurs and disparaging the LGBTQ+ community surfaced on Twitter, reports KDKA, a local CBS affiliate.Several screenshots of messages sent in a Facebook group chat called “The ‘Right’ Stuff” were shared on Twitter.

These screenshots appear to show the Cabell County politician making gay jokes, using the antigay slur "faggot," criticizing fellow Republicans for being “sponsors of a queer bill,” and personally insulting other state lawmakers.Jeffrey Ward, who is running for a City Council seat in Huntington, W.Va., confirmed to that city's Herald-Dispatch that he was invited to join the group and that Mandt was the one who made these comments.“At first this group spoke of.

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