Close Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam County, was stripped of at least one committee assignment Friday due to sexually-explicit content he posted on social media. PHOTO BY PERRY BENNETT/W.Va. LEGISLATURE State lawmaker punished for explicit social media post Associated Press 16 hrs ago Del. Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam County, was stripped of at least one committee assignment Friday due to sexually-explicit content he posted on social media. PHOTO BY PERRY BENNETT/W.Va. LEGISLATURE CHARLESTON â The West Virginia Speaker of the House called a fellow Republican lawmaker an âembarrassmentâ after the state delegate posted a sexually explicit video to social media.