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Bob Brigham

DeSantis appointee quits over KKK photo

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a scandal as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida.

"Gadsden County religious leaders are demanding a local commissioner and Gov. Ron DeSantis 'come forward' to address allegations that the commissioner resigned last Friday after a photo surfaced purportedly showing him wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood at what could have been a Halloween party years earlier," the Tallahassee Democrat reported. "Jeffery Moore, a Havana resident and former Department of Revenue employee, was appointed by DeSantis in late July and abruptly resigned from the post in Florida's only predominantly Black county after the photo began circulating in the local community."

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