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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Florida official appointed by DeSantis resigns after KKK costume photo emerges

Gadsden County Board of Commissioners

A county commissioner in Florida appointed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has abruptly resigned following the circulation of a photograph allegedly showing him wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.

Jeffery Moore was appointed to the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners in July, serving as the only Republican on the five-member board in the state’s only predominantly Black county for less than two months before his resignation last week.

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