McClay had attempted to resign when word got out about his political social activities, and said he would be distancing himself from the Proud Boys, but the company did not believe it was necessary for him to be fired and refused to accept his resignation letter. This apparently infuriated certain members of the township’s Board of Commissioners.

“It isn’t at this point about the volunteer,” Larry Holmes, vice president of the Haverford Township Board of Commissioners, said. “When we became aware of the volunteer’s association with the Proud Boys, the township investigated it. The firefighter was forthcoming about it, and the firefighter resigned from Bon Air Fire Company. That was, as far as the township was concerned, the only actions that were necessary.”