A Waynesboro city official who was roundly criticized two years ago for a homophobic remark regarding the gay former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg now fully embraces Virginia's first gay statewide candidate, GOP nominee for lieutenant governor John Reid.

“He is a great candidate and will make a great lieutenant governor. His personal life is his personal life,’’ Waynesboro City Councilman Jim Wood told The News Virginian. Government-politics

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Wood made headlines in February 2023 when he was serving as vice mayor for calling Buttigieg, who was then serving in the Biden administration Cabinet, "Pete Buttplug" on his weekly podcast, "Conservative Conversations with Jim.

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