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Bill de Blasio's Staffers Have Terrible Social Media Skills
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Lauren Evans
Published Apr 16, 2013
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If Bill de Blasio is the company he keeps, his mayoral campaign could be in serious trouble. Only a few weeks after one of his campaign aids was caught bashing the police and NAACP on Twitter, another staffer was revealed today to have similarly poor judgment when it comes to "Things Not to Say on the Internet."
According to the Post, a part-time staffer named Anthony “Tony” Baker resigned yesterday after the paper outed him for his tweets composed under the handle “Hyman Doodlesack,” some highlights of which included “AIPAC makes me want to be a Nazi,” and “In BKB Park today taking in the Sun (GOD) + signing copies of my new book, Was Columbus a Homo or Was He Just a Jew? NOW in KINDLE #pride.”
Naturally, the mayoral hopeful was quick to denounce tweets, saying that "nothing can excuse" the remarks. Still, unless he does something about the unruly social media tendencies of his staffers, de Blasio's prospects for Gracie Mansion are at risk of vanishing faster than a deleted tweet. Maybe the NYPD was on to something with that social media crackdown after all.
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