(Cloud over Flagstaff. Photo by George Breed)
My local Congressman, Paul Gosar, is a pretty typical wingnut repub. But he's usually just clueless and not particularly notable. However, one of his staffers has resigned after a series of violent tweets that sound very disturbing for anyone here locally:
A staffer in the Flagstaff office of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) who used his Twitter account to trumpet the downfall of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) resigned Friday after Roll Call discovered violent messages he tweeted.
Roll Call learned on Friday that Blake Schritter, a caseworker and office manager in one of Gosar’s district offices, had posted messages about drunken exploits and his desire to gun down professors and postal workers.
For example, he wants to shoot NAU professors:
"I can’t believe how unprofessional liberal professors can be. I’m sitting here, cleaning my gun, thinking...this is a classroom!!!” Schritter, a graduate student in Northern Arizona University’s criminology program who also graduated from the school's criminal justice program, posted on June 23.
And the local postal workers (many of whom are friends of mine):
On June 2 he tweeted: “The line at the post office is moving at a glacial pace. I’m ready to open fire with a handgun to get some damn service!”
Come election time, it might be a good idea to remember the kind of charming people Rep. Gosar chooses to employ to staff his local office.
Also, this being Arizona, this guy is free to carry his guns all around town, concealed if he so desires.
2 comments:
That is one scary guy!
That's one reason I wouldn't retire in Az. It may be cheap to live there but I don't care for the luggage that goes with the place.
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