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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirginia mayor faces calls to resign after claiming Joe Biden had picked Aunt Jemima for VP
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/virginia-mayor-faces-calls-to-resign-after-claiming-joe-biden-had-picked-aunt-jemima-for-vp/On Monday, WTOP reported that Barry Presgraves, the mayor of Luray, Virginia, faces calls to resign following his post on social media that Joe Biden has just announced Aunt Jemima as his VP pick.
Mayor Barry Presgraves has been in office since 2008, but earlier announced he would not seek reelection in 2020. A lifelong town resident, he had previously served on the town council, reported Neal Augenstein. A screenshot, purportedly from Presgraves personal Facebook page, was shared with WTOP but was not online Monday.
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Virginia mayor faces calls to resign after claiming Joe Biden had picked Aunt Jemima for VP (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
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underpants
(182,904 posts)1. Luray is red red red country
The big deal there is a cave.
Nay
(12,051 posts)6. Yep. If it weren't for the caverns . . . anyway, totally red there, but OK for
a pleasant Sunday drive in the country.
Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)2. Mr. Mature.
we can do it
(12,197 posts)3. This shit is why we cut our trip to Shenandoah NP short.
Maskless assholes and racists.
spooky3
(34,483 posts)4. You would think that a town dependent on tourism
would consider not having offensive leaders.
we can do it
(12,197 posts)5. Not just there, around Syria - Culpepper VA.