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| Andrew Gillum (D-Fla) staffer fired after calling for Trump's execution |
| 2018-09-30 |
| Democrats are so reasonable A youth outreach staffer for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been terminated after calling for President Trump's death on Twitter, and wearing a shirt calling pro-Trump states "Dumbf--kistan." The staffer, 24-year-old Manny Orozco-Ballestas, made a series of sexually graphic and politically charged comments on social media in 2012 and 2013, according to fringe blogger Jacob Engels, who flagged the posts. In one 2013 post, Orozco-Ballestas wrote to Trump: "you need to be executed." In another, he reportedly wrote, "If you're weighing 300 pounds+ maybe it's a good idea you stop posting all that fattening food pics on [Instagram]!" But it was one of Orozco-Ballestas' own Instagram posts last summer -- which was also unearthed last week by Engels and published by The Tampa Bay Times -- that led to calls by state Republicans for his termination. In the post, Orozco-Ballestas is pictured wearing a shirt depicting a map of the United States, with red-colored states indicating ones that went for President Trump in the 2016 election. On the shirt, a key provided below the map explains that the red states refer to "Dumbf---istan," while the blue refer to the "United States of America." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 I'm sure the FBI is all over it. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-09-30 16:53 |
| #2 Fired, not jailed? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-30 15:48 |
| #1 Might want to check the guy's green card. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-09-30 14:08 |