GOP Campaign Co-Chair Tells 'Whining' Atlantans Affected By Storm To 'Be A Man'
WASHINGTON -- For the past few days, Atlanta has been trying to recover from a rare ice storm that stranded thousands of commuters and turned the city's highways into one giant, dangerous parking lot, as people were unable to drive home and many simply abandoned their cars. City and state officials were caught off-guard and were unprepared to respond. The freak storm, which hit much of the deep South, led to the deaths of at least 13 individuals.
But Phil Wilheit, Jr., the co-chairman of Rep. Jack Kingston's (R-Ga.) Senate campaign, is fed up with all the complaining. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Wilheit went on Facebook -- the post is not public -- and told residents of Atlanta to "quit whining":
Sick of the whining. The “men” in Atlanta need to drink less cosmotinis and forget about ever getting another pedicure. Be a man like the guy who hiked 6 miles through the snow and ice to be with his daughter. Spend more time in nature and less time bitching about it. If more people had not panicked and bolted out of the office at noon we would not have gridlocked the highways and the DOT could have treated them. I left my office in Gainesville at 7:15pm. Checked traffic reports. Found a good route home and traveled 50 miles in 1.5 hours.
Couldn't include more of Wilheit's comments due to restrictions. Please click on article. No surprise, Wilheit comes from a political family. Wilheit's father chaired Governor Deal's campaign.
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