MAVOCKE--The Twitter account belonging to East Deschire Assemblywoman Sara Fraser, Conservative member for Bridgeworth, has been hacked for the third time in the past seven months.
Wednesday evening, Fraser's account started "tweeting" comments targeting the assemblywoman.
"I'm a hypocrite for supporting 'energy independence' while giving money to the big oil companies," one post said.
Another post equated Fraser with US Republican politician Sarah Palin.
"When it comes to stupid conservative women, America has Sarah Palin and Grassadellia has Sara Fraser!" the post read.
Another post featured a link to a photo-shopped picture of Fraser in a bikini, and one final post falsely announced Fraser's resignation.
"Because I cannot fairly represent my constituents, I will be resigning my seat for Bridgeworth effective tomorrow."
Fraser's office was finally alerted to the hacking, and quickly deleted the posts and responded to them.
"Hacked yet again by the radical liberal haters. Seems their only tactic is hacking and hurting others." read an actual post from Fraser.
Fraser's office says her account has been repeatedly targeted by a militant liberal group known as "Progressive Warriors," a play on the conservative "Freedom Warriors" movement that arose last summer.
The liberal group has confirmed it has been responsible for the hackings., which took place first in October 2011 and then in January of this year.
Crown Police have been investigating, but say they have yet to find the hacksters, who often operate anonymously.
The group has gone after other members of parliament, and a spokesperson for the Crown Police said the agency is investigating but is not offering a reward for information.
"We don't waste public money by posting rewards for hackings. There are more important things to post rewards for," Sgt. Dan Swacker said.
However, Fraser's campaign is using the hackings as a fundraiser. Her campaign sent out another email Thursday morning, calling on her supporters to "silence these liberal militants once and for all."
"Nothing would enrage the left-wing liberals more than to have Sara Fraser re-elected for Bridgeworth in December," the email said.
Fraser also said on a local radio program in Derosa, East Deschire, that she considers the fact she's been targeted by the liberal "extremists" to be a compliment.
"Obviously, they find me very threatening, or they wouldn't be targeting me," she said. "I find that quite flattering, that out of all the members of the Bodies, they would go after me so diligently."
The Progressive Warriors group has not responded to Fraser's latest comments. NAT leaders say the group is not backed by them nor are they aware of the group's membership. But they have declined to condemn the PW's tactics.
"I think it's kind of funny," Damoign Rep. Chaz Beio, member for Bluedenny, told reporters in the capitol rotunda.
"You know, if they're posting things that are extremely hurtful and disrespectful, that's not cool. But if they're just posting ridiculous little things like what I've heard about, it's kind of humorous. And if you don't like it, that's politics. It's rough and tumble."
Wednesday evening, Fraser's account started "tweeting" comments targeting the assemblywoman.
"I'm a hypocrite for supporting 'energy independence' while giving money to the big oil companies," one post said.
Another post equated Fraser with US Republican politician Sarah Palin.
"When it comes to stupid conservative women, America has Sarah Palin and Grassadellia has Sara Fraser!" the post read.
Another post featured a link to a photo-shopped picture of Fraser in a bikini, and one final post falsely announced Fraser's resignation.
"Because I cannot fairly represent my constituents, I will be resigning my seat for Bridgeworth effective tomorrow."
Fraser's office was finally alerted to the hacking, and quickly deleted the posts and responded to them.
"Hacked yet again by the radical liberal haters. Seems their only tactic is hacking and hurting others." read an actual post from Fraser.
Fraser's office says her account has been repeatedly targeted by a militant liberal group known as "Progressive Warriors," a play on the conservative "Freedom Warriors" movement that arose last summer.
The liberal group has confirmed it has been responsible for the hackings., which took place first in October 2011 and then in January of this year.
Crown Police have been investigating, but say they have yet to find the hacksters, who often operate anonymously.
The group has gone after other members of parliament, and a spokesperson for the Crown Police said the agency is investigating but is not offering a reward for information.
"We don't waste public money by posting rewards for hackings. There are more important things to post rewards for," Sgt. Dan Swacker said.
However, Fraser's campaign is using the hackings as a fundraiser. Her campaign sent out another email Thursday morning, calling on her supporters to "silence these liberal militants once and for all."
"Nothing would enrage the left-wing liberals more than to have Sara Fraser re-elected for Bridgeworth in December," the email said.
Fraser also said on a local radio program in Derosa, East Deschire, that she considers the fact she's been targeted by the liberal "extremists" to be a compliment.
"Obviously, they find me very threatening, or they wouldn't be targeting me," she said. "I find that quite flattering, that out of all the members of the Bodies, they would go after me so diligently."
The Progressive Warriors group has not responded to Fraser's latest comments. NAT leaders say the group is not backed by them nor are they aware of the group's membership. But they have declined to condemn the PW's tactics.
"I think it's kind of funny," Damoign Rep. Chaz Beio, member for Bluedenny, told reporters in the capitol rotunda.
"You know, if they're posting things that are extremely hurtful and disrespectful, that's not cool. But if they're just posting ridiculous little things like what I've heard about, it's kind of humorous. And if you don't like it, that's politics. It's rough and tumble."
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