Worst Social-Media Post by a State Lawmaker?

Seeing an Arizona lawmaker write a stupid social-media post isn't even that surprising anymore.Consider Republican Representative Brenda Barton, who wrote a Facebook post earlier this week calling President Obama "De Fuhrer," and denouncing park rangers as "thugs."...
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Seeing an Arizona lawmaker write a stupid social-media post isn’t even that surprising anymore.

Consider Republican Representative Brenda Barton, who wrote a Facebook post earlier this week calling President Obama “De Fuhrer,” and denouncing park rangers as “thugs.”

See also:Brenda Barton Claims Obama Is Hitler and Park Rangers Are Thugs

That reminded us of a couple other dumb opinions shared on social media by our elected officials.

We’ll give you three legislators’ social-media posts below, Representatives Barton, Bob Thorpe, and Andy Tobin, and you pick which one’s just the worst:

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