A staffer for mayoral candidate and Miami Comissioner Francis Suarez had used her private Twitter account to bash constituents, going as far as to suggest they get “a lobotomy,” the Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
Christina Haramboure, 24, littered her @ChristinaHam Twitter feed with complaints about her job for over a year, according to the Herald. On Monday she tweeted “Dear Constituents…PLEASE GET A LIFE, A HOBBY, A LOBOTOMY … whatever.”
That same day she tweeted “It amazes me how much people like to call here & b*itch at me ALLL DAY. their lives must really suck #leavemealone #socrabby #angryoldpeople,” according to the Herald.
Haramboure, a “special aide and administrative assistant” for Suarez, told the paper in an email that the tweets from her now-deleted account do not reflect her attitude toward constituents.
“Over the last two years, I have worked tirelessly to help hundreds of constituents, and I have made great personal sacrifices to continue serving the residents of District 4,” she wrote. “I regret the Twitter postings and I apologize to anyone I may have hurt.”
Suarez described Haramboure to the Herald as an “overqualified” receptionist, and said that he had been unaware of the tweets. He explained that Haramboure was likely “frustrated” on the day of the tweets in question because she was covering for a sick coworker.
