Aviva at Think Progress:
Steve Kush, executive director of the Bernalillo County Republican Party in New Mexico, took to Twitter on Tuesday to verbally abuse a 19-year-old Working America volunteer who testified in favor of raising the minimum wage. Bernalillo County, the largest county in New Mexico, was considering a proposal to increase the county minimum wage from $7.50 to $8.50.I am officially out of words. Luckily, through the magic of technology, I don't need any!
Rather than listen to the 19-year-old woman's testimony, Kush mocked her on social media, calling her a "radical bitch":
...Despite the slew of hateful comments made by Kush over social media, the county passed the proposal to raise the minimum wage from $7.50 to $8.50 by 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Me, right now. Not offended; contemptuous.
I got your radical bitch right here, sir.
[H/T to Shakers Bearpaw01 and MammaBear, in comments.]
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