Staff members who worked for Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) were fired just after Larsen learned of the tweets his staffers were sending via their Twitter social network accounts. The viral messages insulted Larsen, his tax-paying constituents, and more.
The persons fired are legislative assistant Seth Burroughs who used the Twitter moniker @therocketship1, Elizabeth Robee whose moniker was @betsybites, and legislative correspondent Ben Byers known as @byers_remorse on Twitter. The three were labeled as Rep Rick Larsen’s aides and all three were immediately removed from their positions.
Burroughs and Robee, in particular, messaged about drinking whiskey while attending meetings in the morning, watching Nirvana’s You Tube videos, and having contests regarding their waste of time on the taxpayers’ dime.
The messages on Twitter from these former aides included:
My D2R (December to Remember) team showed up this morning at 9:00am with shots of Jack. What a glorious and frightening way to kick off the month.
Obviously you can tell I’ve been drinking by my stellar spelling skillz.
Were you just drinking Jack and coffee during your meeting?
Dear taxpayers – I hope you don’t mind that I’m watching YouTube clips of Nirvana at my government job. Thanks, you’re the best.
Congressional recess = time to watch Nirvana video clips. One thing is clear after all these years; Kurt Cobain was a bad motherf…
I really like DC, but I could have used another day away. The silver lining is that I don’t have to see my idiot boss.
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Source: Northwest Daily Market
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