On Friday night, Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) posted the contact information of a reporter who’d asked him about his being a member of a Facebook group full of racist posts. Florida gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis was a listed moderator of the same group. Instead of answering, Blum published a screenshot of the reporter’s email, including the reporter’s contact information. It remained public on Saturday.
Can you believe @rjfoley contacted my staff trying to tie me to racist material being shared by random people worldwide on an open Facebook group I don’t even know exists? I can. This “journalist” is obsessed w hating on Republicans & abuses his position. pic.twitter.com/NKFNvFuAaJ
— Congressman Rod Blum (@RepRodBlum) September 1, 2018
He probably should have went with “I was hacked.” That’s always believable. /s
In reality, Mr. Blum, this reporter was merely doing his job — covering racist Rethugliklans, such as yourself.
The fact that he stooped so low makes him look incredibly guilty.
“It was an inexperienced member of my staff” in 3…2…1.
Is that replacing the “I let my teenager use my laptop” excuse now?