Doug Skaff, a West Virginia politician, is recovering after he was bitten multiple times by copperheads while removing campaign signs. WSAZ’s Andrew Colegrove reports.
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Did the snakes die?
That’s just Chuck Norris…
😂
Obviously doesn’t know his constitutes……
That’s a Radsnek 😂
The cicadas bring them out.
Funny how they don’t mention if they’re liberal or conservative so the trolls don’t go crazy
Yes, sad that the extremists from both sides have dialled up their level of craziness
He’s a Republican.
They said minority leader which in WV is Democrats. The dude was removing his own signs.
Edit: lol, dude switched to the GOP in ’24.
Well, that sucks!
Does it? I didn’t notice.
NOT called cicadas
They are venomous LOCUSTS , Learn your bugs eh? There are NO copperheads in WV, he was attacked by a king Cobra, native to the area, Learn your local reptiles eh ?
🐍Don’t tread on me.
He is a Trump Republican who lost his election to a real Republican, so he lost and got bitten by snakes and by Trump’s lies.
I’ve never heard of a snake biting a snake before?
Guess someone missed the Putin and Wagner rebellion
snakes biting other snakes is very common.
Looked it up he’s a Republican.
TWO snakes! Lol!
God’s got a sense of humor!
That’s actually fairly ironic.
my cousin broke her finger when she fell down steps, that was not newsworthy……neither is this
Didn’t think politicians got bit by snakes..You know…Professional courtesy and all.
See all these comments about two snakes. But YouTube auto deletes “Snake on snake action” immediately.
I know there is a joke here about politicians and snakes… I just can’t put my finger on it.
Dude has quite the history.
_In October 2014, Skaff was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol while in Morgantown to attend a West Virginia Mountaineers football game. In 2015, Skaff was placed on the statewide casino ban list after pleading no contest to cheating while playing blackjack at the Greenbrier resort._
Trump parable in play.
Yeah I wouldn’t have advertised that if I were a politician.
Here’s just a peak of Skaff’s sketchy background and why I think he should not be a politician, period.
Skaff, who was hired as president of HD Media in 2020, was accused of abusing his power as president of HD Media (among other abuses of power in unrelated issues). Apparently, he directed his employees overseeing the operation of the website to delete a 2015 story about him. A story revealing that he was charged and convicted of cheating during a game of blackjack and was put on a statewide casino ban list.
His possible actions to have that story deleted could have had consequences to the papers’ newly ‘interactive wagering license,’ of which he is an officer. Was it due to his conviction for cheating at gambling and the possibility they could lose their license? Not to mention, he also has a DUI.
Sure, I’ll “bet” he’ll make a reliable Security of State for WV. 🙄 🤪
Snakes know a snake when they see one.
New headline: Copperhead snake now placed on the endangered species list after biting Republican on the leg.
Bitten by his own kind. The betrayal…