A West Virginia lawmaker stepped down this weekend after screenshots of anti-gay posts were circulated on Twitter. House delegate John Mandt Jr., a Republican, claims without proof that the posts under his name to a Facebook group called “The ‘Right’ Stuff” were fabricated. “It’s by design, my family, my business are being attacked,” Mandt wrote, according to The Register-Herald. Mandt is running for re-election, and his resignation has plunged the race into uncertainty.
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