https://justthenews.com/nation/states/gov-justice-urges-wv-lawmaker-resign-after-sexually-explicit-videos

Gov. Jim Justice is urging a West Virginia lawmaker to resign after he made sexually explicit comments in a TikTok video.

Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam, posted a video on TikTok late last week in which he graphically discussed oral sex. In the video, he framed it as advice to women on receiving oral sex from men. He was quickly stripped from his committee assignment, rebuked by the state and local Republican Party and urged to resign by the governor.

Jeffries’s office did not respond to a request for comment from The Center Square and he has not issued a public comment or an apology since the scandal erupted. The delegate’s TikTok account has since been set to private, but it reportedly included other videos that were sexual in nature.

“His not-so-secret TikTok is full of disgustingly vulgar videos, which are especially insulting to women,” Justice said in a statement. “This is the behavior of an immature child, not a 39-year-old father and elected official. He owes our entire state an apology for not living up to what we all deserve and expect from our elected officials. I assumed that by this morning we would have received that apology, but all he has done is hide from the media and the criticism. So today I am calling on Joe to immediately resign from the House of Delegates. The people of West Virginia, and certainly those in Joe’s district, deserve much better.”

Justice went on to say he agreed with a condemnation from House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, who said Jeffries is an embarrassment to the House and the entire state. Hanshaw stripped Jeffries of his vice chairman position on the Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee, but stopped short of calling him to resign and indicated he would not seek to remove him from the legislative body. ..