Officials and community leaders in Gadsden County, Florida, are calling a recent controversy surrounding commissioner Jeffery Moore a “slap in the face”.
They noted, “Moore has yet to publicly respond after a photo surfaced showing him in a KKK outfit at what appears to be a costume party.”
Moore was appointed to the commission in Gadsden, the only Florida county with a more-than-50% Black population, by Gov. Ron DeSantis over the summer and sworn in to the post in August.
He was the only white member and the only Republican on the five-member board.
After a picture surfaced and showed Moore in a white hood and robe last week, he abruptly resigned from his post and ended his campaign for the state’s District 2 race.
Moore has yet to make a statement or respond to the photo circulating around on the internet and social media platforms. A fact that’s further angering state and local officials.
“What happened here is a slap in the face to Gadsden County,” Congressman Al Lawson said in a press conference Wednesday.
Tallahassee NAACP President Mutaqee Akbar echoed the sentiment, imploring Moore to “Just at least acknowledge it. You owe that to the citizens of Gadsden County.”
Moore has supposedly acknowledged the photo privately, according to Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young, who said, “I approached Moore about the picture. He never denied it at all, that he was the one in the photo. He didn’t refute it and just said it was a picture taken in his younger years.”
Moore’s resignation letter offered little in the way of any explanation, citing “personal reasons” for his departure.
“Please accept this notification of my resignation, effective this date of Sept. 23, 2022, from the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners,” Moore wrote in a letter to DeSantis. “Thank you for the opportunity to have served in the position, however for personal reasons I am no longer able to continue.”
A separate letter, sent to the Gadsden County Supervisor of Elections, was nearly identical.
Cancelled people shouldn’t have to answer to crybaby assumptions. You cancelled him, dry your eyes and drop it ie. SHUT UP!
While I think it is despicable behavior, who of us never made mistakes in our younger years? And how many who are quick to judge have “skeletons” in their own closets.
There is no mistake you took time to put that outfit on and you new. How it would affect African in America that’s a game you always play and then you apologize. People i’ll finish with your apologies it’s not working anymore try something new.
Of course he has to answer, he’s not a Democrat, if your not a scum bag Democrat you have to answer any ridiculous question, what if we all say go to fucking hell or leave the county if you need to cry about nothing.
IT’S SO SAD THAT THIS INCIDENT CAN CAUSE YOU TO RESPOND VULGARLY. DO YOU CARE IF YOUR MAMA, YOUR SCHOOL STAFF SEE YOUR RESPONSE, I HOPE THAT THEY TEACH YOU THAT. PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T SAY THAT YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN.
Henry you are a fucking scumbag, you and your fucking racist scumbag pals should have your ass’s beaten. Pussy.