Lawmaker who resigned after calling gays "faggot" gets reelected
West Virginia Delegate John Mandt Jr. (R) resigned earlier this year and ended his campaign for reelection to the state legislature after anti-LGBTQ messages he sent to a Facebook chat group were leaked. But within hours, Mandt changed his mind and resumed his campaign.
State House Speaker Roger Hanshaw (R) said bigotry had no place in the state when Mandt resigned, but voters in his district decided otherwise. They reelected him by a slim margin of 71 votes.
“Silly Faggot, Dicks are for chicks!!” Mandt allegedly wrote in the chat group “The Right Stuff,” which included conservative lawmakers in the state as well as candidates for office.
But Mandt had only praise for the speaker who condemned him, saying Hanshaw is “a great man and a phenomenal leader.”
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What do you expect from a state that's basically a slag heap with a flag?
