Joe Gergley is a 26 year old GOP candidate for mayor of Gahanna, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus) and he recently won the mayoral primary with 1/3 of the vote in a low turnout election. Of course, once he won his true colors were revealed in a series of tweets he made on an account he has had since college (and which has since been deleted - you'll see why in a moment.)
Apparently the budding public servant thought it would be a good idea to tweet out the following items:
October 2012: Why are Sesame Street characters all of a sudden speaking ebonics? Did I miss something?Now, I don't know about everyone else, but I prefer that my mayor not suggest that bullying kids is acceptable or that anything that isn't white, heterosexual, and male is somehow weird or deserving of scorn or attack.February 2012: If you support Obamacare, I urge you to go to a DMV or courthouse and remember...These people will be in charge of your healthcare.
February 2012: The hungover girls on college campuses who go to planned parenthood are really just getting their breasts examined. Thank god for Komen!
June 2011: Having drag queens play softball in a family park during pride weekend isn't the best way to get people to stop saying 'thats so gay.'
May 2011: If I saw Kurt from Glee in real life I would bully and tell him "It gets worse..."
Perhaps we could tell him that. Joe has helpfully provided an email address and telephone number to contact him:
gergleyforgahanna@gmail.com
614-271-0968