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Andrew Beacham, a 31-year-old freelance videographer and artist who once tore out pages of the Koran in front of the White House, among a bevy of other crazy things, was named by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to sit on their library’s board of trustees, the Post reports.

Beacham, who most recently lost a congressional election in Kentucky, was nominated by Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), who says he was unaware of Beacham’s, um, colorful past. But just how controversial is Beacham’s past antics? I’ll just leave this nugget here:

On his website promoting his 2012 bid as an independent candidate for Congress in Kentucky, Beacham described himself as “a full-time Pro-Life missionary and activist for Christian policies in government, traveling to over 20 states to protest, lobby, and get pro-life candidates on the ballot.” He aired television ads in Kentucky comparing Obama to Adolf Hitler and serial killer Ted Bundy, and featured graphic images of dead fetuses.

But Beacham is most known for his actions on Sept. 11, 2010, when he and anti-choice activist Randall Terry stood outside of the White House and tore out pages of the Koran “in solidarity with the Rev. Terry Jones, a Florida pastor who had threatened to burn copies of the Koran.” Beacham was quoted saying at the time, “The Twin Towers were taken down because of the Koran and other religious teachings.”

And now that man will sit on the board of trustees for the Loudoun County library system. But Beacham says that he’s not going to try to ban books or try to tell people what to read. “My goal is not to go around directing what people read,” Beacham told the Post. “I’m happy to serve the community in any way I can. That’s my goal, to be a public servant and partner with the parents to help them educate our children.”

Still feel like you don’t know Beacham? Get to know him through his Twitter account.

@EWErickson @Neosexist that is why I say scalp early, scalp often. The only good progressive is a dead progressive, neo-Marxist-Nazi POS #rs

— Andrew Beacham (@ABeacham) December 28, 2013

Correction: This post originally misspelled “Loudoun.”