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FSogol

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 04:56 PM Oct 2018

Local Virginia (Republican of course) politician tweets about shooting protesters -- then deletes it

A conservative county supervisor in central Virginia is drawing criticism for a tweet about gunning down pro-marijuana demonstrators who stormed the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.).

Manuel Alvarez Jr., a Republican supervisor in rural Goochland County, saw a post on his Twitter feed about protesters trying to force their way into Harris’s office on Tuesday and tweeted his reply to his 636 followers.

“With one reload, I can take 34 of them. But my guess is one will be sufficient,” Alvarez wrote.

After logging back onto Twitter later Tuesday, Alvarez noticed the negative reaction to the post and deleted it.


More at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/local-virginia-politician-tweets-about-shooting-protesters--then-deletes-it/2018/10/03/b1ab59e6-c715-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html?utm_term=.c6d8a5a5a247&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1
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Local Virginia (Republican of course) politician tweets about shooting protesters -- then deletes it (Original Post) FSogol Oct 2018 OP
Not Many Things Funnier Than The Gunning Down Of 34 Humans LandOfHopeAndDreams Oct 2018 #1
Well, Trump tried to make rape funny last night SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #2
He dislikes them,.. why can't he just shoot them ? magicarpet Oct 2018 #3
Good thing he deleted it, so that it will never be seen again! hatrack Oct 2018 #4
I love his excuse: Alvarez said he is not a sophisticated user of social media. FSogol Oct 2018 #5
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