CHARLESTON â The West Virginia Speaker of the House called a fellow Republican lawmaker an âembarrassmentâ after the state delegate posted a sexually explicit video to social media.
State Del. Joe Jeffries was stripped of a committee assignment Friday after the social media posting, according to a statement from House Speaker Roger Hanshaw.
âI believe Joe Jeffries is an embarrassment not just to the House of Delegates, but to the entire state,â Hanshaw said Friday. âHe has shown us more than once that he does not respect the office he was elected to serve.â
Hanshaw said he would strip Jeffries of his vice chairman position on a committee.
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Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam County, was stripped of at least one committee assignment Friday due to sexually-explicit content he posted on social media.
PHOTO BY PERRY BENNETT/W.Va. LEGISLATURE State lawmaker punished for explicit social media post
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Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam County, was stripped of at least one committee assignment Friday due to sexually-explicit content he posted on social media. PHOTO BY PERRY BENNETT/W.Va. LEGISLATURE
CHARLESTON â The West Virginia Speaker of the House called a fellow Republican lawmaker an âembarrassmentâ after the state delegate posted a sexually explicit video to social media.
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West Virginia Delegate Jason Barrett, third from left, representing the 61st District, is joined by West Virginia Sen. Craig Blair (R-15), West Virginia Delegates Eric Householder (R-64) and Paul Espinosa (R-66) and wife, Summer Barrett, on Thursday outside the Secretary of Stateâs Office in Martinsburg. Barrett officially changed parties, moving from Democrat to Republican.
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Delegate Jason Barrett officially switches to Republican Party journal-news.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journal-news.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.