Del. Charles Sheedy Sr., R-Marshall, was on February 26, 2025 on the West Virginia House Floor that he was hacked and he had not written a letter to the Congress delegation of West Virginia about the necessity of the Federal Flood AID for the northern part of the state. (Perry Bennett | West Virginia Legislative Photography)
A Republican legislator in West Virginia denies that he wrote a letter to the state’s congress delegation on the need for flood aid for the northern part of the state.
Del. Charles Sheedy Sr., R-Marshall, Is the second The Republican legislator of West Virginia this summer was to be said that his social media account was compromised, which led to an explanation that he did not submit.
The letter from Sheedy was supposedly Reported by the TV news broadcaster WTRF Tuesday And was released on Monday By Charles Shedy’s personal Facebook account to the Facebook group “Marshall County WV Republican Club”. It wondered why the counties Ohio and Marion have not yet receivedD A declaration of disaster from the federal government a month after flooding swept through the area and killed nine people.
“The voters in District 7 ask why President Trump did not give a Fema disaster declaration for the counties Ohio and Marion?” The letter is called. It contained several typing errors. “My voters also belong to them and earn an answer because about 78% of all West Virgins who have voted for President Trump did so. It is very obvious that the president does not need in West Virginia because he is in office for an term.”
Then it made sure that the lack of explanation could lead to republicans lose seats.
“Our elections in 2026 and also depend on the timely edition of this course and republican sitting,” the letter said. “This costs our delegate districts, Senate districts and their federal districts to do our work to secure the region, the state and the nation.”
Sheedy achieved on Tuesday by e -mail that he did not write the letter.
A Facebook account called delegate Sheedy posted“Apparently my site was chopped. I changed my password and I am assured that it will no longer happen from FB. This is my letterhead. The other that was shown to me is old and no longer used.” The account has now been deleted.
Sheedy told West Virginia Watch that he did not write the letter and deleted his “delegate account” and referred to his professional Facebook account. There were two versions of the letter with slight formatting differences and various lists of committees on which Sheedy works in the Delegate House.
A spokesman for governor Patrick Morrisey – one of the recipients of the letter – confirmed that they received a version of the letter from Sheedy’s official E -Mail account.
In an email on Wednesday, Ann Ali, deputy chief of staff and communication director of the Delegate of the State House of Delegates, said that the spokesman for the house spokesman Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay and House leadership know no hacking or imitation situation that could have experienced.
She said that the department for automated systems of the house of the house – similar to a department for information technology – said that Sheedy was not for support. The department carried out a security test for Sheedy’s accounts for suspicious activities and found nothing problematic, she said.
The rejection of Sheedy came after Democrats criticized the letter in the legislative because of his focus on politics and election during the residents of rooms Still make up houses And try to save things while waiting for federal aid.
Del. Shawn Fluharty, a democratic legislator who represents Ohio County, showed doubts that sheedy’s account was hacked.
“When he was chopped, I’m astronaut,” said Fluharty. “I think what happened was that he wanted to say something positive, and he actually said the quiet part loudly. He and many others are more concerned with maintaining their power and republican seats in the legislature.”
Another republican of the house claimed someone else behind controversy comments
Sheedy, who was elected to the house in 2022, is recently the second state legislator who says that someone else made a comment in his social media account.
It is Against the law to spend A law enforcement officer or civil servant.
Del. Ian T. Masters, R-Berkeley, told him Eastern Panhandle’s Wrrnr The radio station at the beginning of this month was used by someone else’s Instagram account to write an anti -Semitic comment. Masters said he gave his phone to someone he had “Known for a long time and took care of and tried to help.”
The comment was the first Reported by West Virginia Watch.
The letter from Wednesday afternoon remained published On a Facebook account in a group called “Marshall County WV Republican Club”. A story that contained the letter also remained on the WTRF website, although she said he hadn’t written it.
When West Virginia Watch Sheedy asked if he had contacted the station, he said no and he does that “I don’t know where you got the story from. “
He also told the West Virginia Watch: “From now on people have to see me as usual when I take part; City Council, County Commission, Senior Citizen, VfD and various other meetings that I do weekly.”
Sheedy did not respond to an e -mail with further questions that he was hacked.
Fluharty criticized Sheedy and other Republicans for voting a democratic change in the budget that would have made 50 million US dollars available to the state fund of flood resilience.
“Now it comes back to bite them all in the ass,” he said. “And you know not only restricted to him, but our state has so far not been able to finance this properly. [Former Gov.] Jim Justice said we should put $ 100 million in IT, and then the Democrats tried to put $ 50 million in them in this past meeting. It was largely shot down after party lines. “
Morrisey officially called for a Federal disaster declaration For Marion and Ohio Counties on June 20, but the Trump government has not yet granted the explanation. Disaster explanations enable the affected areas to support the affected areas from the Federal Authority of the Federal Functioning Constitutional Agency, depending on the circumstances.
The Governor told Reporters last week that he would continue to promote federal officials to an explanation.
Amelia Ferrell contributed to this report.
This story was corrected to clarify that del. Ian Masters didn’t say that his Instagram account was “chopped”; He said he gave his phone to someone else and this person made a controversial comment.
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