NJ Republican candidate who said he hoped reporter would be raped withdraws from race

Posted by | September 6, 2016 16:42 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics


A West Deptford, NJ committeeman candidate has taken himself out of the running.

Mike Krawitz has been asked to resign. Krawitz disputes he posted a series of vitriolic messages directed at a reporter at The Daily Beast – one where it was written he hoped the reporter would be raped. Krawitz says his account was hacked, but there is a long-running pattern of trolling that suggests this has been flowing from his account for a long time.

Olivia Nuzzi, a journalist for The Daily Beast, says that she received messages from Republican Candidate Mike Krawitz stating  ‘F***. you. Olivia, I. Hope. Somebody. Rapes. You Today. :)’

She claims another message from Krawitz said: ‘Hope. You. Get. Raped. By. A. Syrian. Refugee. :)’

Nuzzi tweeted that originally Krawitz and the West Deptford GOP claimed his account was hacked.

However, this week, the West Deptford GOP released the following statement in part saying in part:

‘Through the day our leadership reviewed all the facts surrounding this matter and we cannot find any reasonable reason to believe Mr. Krawitz’s account was hacked in anyway.’

‘Through our investigation we have learned, that this is not the first time Mr. Krawitz has had an inappropriate confrontation via Facebook with this reporter and that he has a history going back to December of 2015 of making comments to posts made by her. For a candidate to use such despicable language toward an individual, let alone a female, is completely unacceptable of anyone representing our Party. But what is worse, is to call for violence against a female, as Mr. Krawitz did in a post yesterday and we as a party cannot condone such repulsive, threatening or demeaning rhetoric of this kind being made by any person regardless of party. It is because of this behavior that the West Deptford Republican Party is calling on Mike Krawitz to resign as our party’s candidate for Township Committee and if he does not resign we will do whatever it takes to have him removed from the ballot.’

 

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12 responses to NJ Republican candidate who said he hoped reporter would be raped withdraws from race

  1. Larry Schmitt September 6th, 2016 at 16:52

    “My account was hacked.” Seems to be the default defense when you post something you wish you hadn’t. Maybe they should learn to think before they post.

    • whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 20:10

      “Maybe they should learn to think before they post.” NO, NO, NO. let them have at it. the more they talk stupid, the more we learn about who they really are.

      • The Original Just Me September 6th, 2016 at 23:31

        Well, just look how far Trump has come by talking STUPID ! :+)

        • whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 23:36

          different ball of wax. and watch tRump lose for talking stupid. these idiots are losing their careers and don’t have millions of dollars sitting in a bank account from drifting and they have everything to lose, not tRump.

  2. Guy Lauten September 6th, 2016 at 17:30

    This is the handwriting of someone who wants to be a “decision maker” for the public? I know 4th graders who write more legibly. What grade did this troglodyte finish, anyway? And how is it that the NJ GOP got behind his candidacy at all?

    • whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 20:09

      he’s a representative of everything that’s seriously wrong with that fricken party.

      • The Original Just Me September 6th, 2016 at 23:30

        That sounds like a Fun Party. :+)

        • whatthe46 September 6th, 2016 at 23:33

          my O, my O. lol

          • The Original Just Me September 7th, 2016 at 00:25

            Is that a BIG O ?

            • whatthe46 September 7th, 2016 at 00:39

              you better believe it. and it’s OOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo LOL

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  3. The Original Just Me September 6th, 2016 at 23:29

    It sounds like the Republicans lost a Candidate of Trumps Caliber .

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