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4now

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:27 PM Apr 2018

Sinclair commentator resigns after crude tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg

A conservative commentator at a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned television station in St. Louis has resigned after a statement he made threatening to sexually assault David Hogg drew harsh criticism and sparked the beginnings of an advertiser boycott.

Jamie Allman, who hosts a nightly news show on KDNL, a Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate in St. Louis, as well as a morning FM radio show, wrote on Twitter that he was “hanging out getting ready,” to sexually assault David Hogg with “a hot poker.”

“Busy working. Preparing,” read the March 26 tweet, which is too vulgar to print here in full, but was published as a screen shot by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as the remark began to draw more scrutiny in recent days.

Advertisers, including Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, St. Louis health center Palm Health, and local real estate office The Gellman Team, announced they would stop advertising on Allman’s shows, spurred on by activists who took to social media to highlight the commentator’s remarks, as well as Democratic state lawmaker Stacey Newman and others.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/09/sinclair-commentator-resigns-after-threatening-to-sexually-assault-parkland-survivor-david-hogg/?utm_term=.3366fcf2d7bd

What is wrong with these people?

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Sinclair commentator resigns after crude tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg (Original Post) 4now Apr 2018 OP
Good. BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #1
The right wing is out of control. Dawson Leery Apr 2018 #2
Sick, crazy bastards... Freedomofspeech Apr 2018 #3
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