NORFOLK, Va. — A Hampton Republican Party official resigned after accusations of racist Facebook posts.
David Dietrich, who served on the city’s electoral board, reportedly resigned — after initially refusing to — following calls from the governor and the Hampton Republican Party, according to a Facebook post from Rebecca Winn, vice-chair of the board. Dietrich’s name was not listed on the board’s website Sunday morning.
The Hampton GOP demanded Dietrich resign from his post as chair of the Hampton Electoral Board after screenshots of the post surfaced late last week, according to a statement issued on the organization’s Facebook page Friday. Dietrich is accused of making a Facebook post that referenced lynching Washington leaders and called them the N-word.
