WEST YELLOWSTONE — West Yellowstone residents voiced their concerns on Tuesday evening about political Facebook posts made by Mayor Jeff McBirnie, whose position is up for re-election this year.

On Wednesday morning, McBirnie resigned as mayor.

The now-deleted posts contained anti-Trump and anti-fascist rhetoric. One post from September stated: "Why do Republicans like protecting a pedophile? Oh, that's right, the orange mango is their true God."

"It's just ludicrous to me that we have this coming from an official," said one resident at Tuesday's West Yellowstone town council meeting.

Five residents spoke up at Tuesday's meeting, which former mayor McBirnie did not attend.

Some residents called for McBirnie's resignation, while others were concerned about divisiveness in the West Yell

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