GOP Spokesman Resigns After Racist Posts
Benjamin Cole couldn’t hold onto his job after has racist Facebook posts surfaced.[su_center_ad]
A series of posts on his personal Facebook page were unearthed Thursday first by a writer for the liberal website Think Progress and then by Buzzfeed that sparked the controversy.
“I am extremely disappointed by the inexcusable and offensive online comments made by a member of my staff,” Schock said in a statement to the Journal Star. “I would expect better from any member of my team. Upon learning about them I met with Mr. Cole and he offered his resignation which I have accepted.”
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
BJW February 5th, 2015 at 8:04 pm
Everyone posting anything, anywhere on ANY social media can assume that anyone will see it (except for private messages). Because even if you limit the group to a handful of people who see it, one or 2 of them will share. There are no true secrets on social media. And how a Congressional staffer could even BEGIN to think these comments were appropriate boggles my mind.
Carla Akins February 5th, 2015 at 8:12 pm
Including private messages.
BJW February 5th, 2015 at 9:09 pm
Yeah, because people are blabby pretty often. However, I don’t say anything anywhere that the NSA or the world wouldn’t find pretty boring…ha ha ha! I save the good stuff for real human contact. 😉
Jake February 5th, 2015 at 8:26 pm
He starts his new job as a Fox News analyst on Monday.
Boehner-Monkey February 5th, 2015 at 8:42 pm
~~Boy, the way Glen Millah played, songs that made the hit parade, guys like us we had it made… those were the days~~
jasperjava February 5th, 2015 at 9:56 pm
And you knew what you were, then.
Goils were goils and men were men
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
William February 6th, 2015 at 11:17 am
Congratulations Ben.
http://youtu.be/K0CTawB5psI