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Gadsden County commissioner appointed by Gov. DeSantis resigns following alleged KKK costume

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Jeffery Moore resigned last Friday after a photo surfaced showing him wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.

Credit: Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Authorities and residents in Florida are keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbles through the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said Sunday it expects Ian to rapidly strengthen and become a major hurricane by Monday as it passes over Cuba. Gov. DeSantis has declared a statewide emergency, expanding an order from Friday that had covered two dozen counties.

GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. — Multiple media outlets are reporting a Gadsden County commissioner who was appointed by Gov. DeSantis has resigned after allegations of him wearing a KKK costume recently emerged.

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Jeffery Moore resigned last Friday after a photo surfaced showing him wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood at what people are speculating to be, a Halloween costume years earlier.

“We are in the middle of hurricane prep, I’m not aware of the photo you sent but Jeff did submit his resignation last week,” Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communications director, told Politico.