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‘What is wrong with you?’: GOP official’s Robin Williams remarks spark Twitter outrage
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/what-is-wrong-with-you-gop-officials-robin-williams-remarks-spark-twitter-outrage/A GOP official from Minnesota provoked angry responses – including a profane call from a fellow Republican – over politically charged comments he made online about the death of comic actor Robin Williams.
Chris Fields, deputy chair of the state’s Republican Party, responded just before 8 p.m. Thursday to a tweet by the social media director of the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party lamenting the beloved comedian’s passing.
.@ellencanderson how very 80's. Want an economy like we had in 80's under Reagan…Vote @Jeff4Gov tomorrow in the primary.
— chris fields (@ChrisFieldsMN) August 11, 2014
Other Twitter users quickly rebuked the Republican for using Williams’ passing to make political statement – including a clumsy plea to support Jeff Johnson for governor of Minnesota, reported Bluestem Prairie.
Twitter responses to Fields at link.