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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:15 PM Jun 2018

'Dumb guy with a gun': Kansas officials blame hacker for tweet insulting Kobach

Source: kansascity.com




By Ian Cummings


June 03, 2018 03:11 PM



The tweet came from the official, verified account of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. It was directed at Secretary of State Kris Kobach, in reference to his controversial appearance at a parade with a large replica machine gun.

"Hey Kris, I think you are a bad guy with a gun. Also, maybe worse, you a dumb guy with a gun," the tweet said.

The message, posted Sunday, was deleted within about a half-hour. Later in the day, state officials said the Twitter account had been hacked and that it was the insulting post that alerted them to the breach.


A tweet insulting Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that was posted on the official account of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management was the result of a hacker, officials said Sunday, June 3, 2018.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article212450164.html#storylink=cpy



Kobach is a dumb guy with a gun running for KS Gov!


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'Dumb guy with a gun': Kansas officials blame hacker for tweet insulting Kobach (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2018 OP
What's the matter with Kansas? Answer: They don't like the truth. This guy Kobach RKP5637 Jun 2018 #1
You need to be surrounded by these guys- KrazyinKS Jun 2018 #2
Micro Penis Syndrome ? magicarpet Jun 2018 #3
It is, it's damn scary. Too many kill videos games as a kid? A fad? It's incredible ... how can RKP5637 Jun 2018 #4
The same hillbilly characteristics Maxheader Jun 2018 #12
Also too much Fox News, Limbaugh and the rest of the haters. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2018 #15
... Scurrilous Jun 2018 #5
Loved that show! tazkcmo Jun 2018 #9
I loved Daktari!!! Javaman Jun 2018 #16
And that song tazkcmo Jun 2018 #17
:) Javaman Jun 2018 #18
Thank you! tazkcmo Jun 2018 #19
Small penis JI7 Jun 2018 #6
If you look at the other pictures MuseRider Jun 2018 #7
Well we lived through the last one- KrazyinKS Jun 2018 #8
Not sure there would be anything left here MuseRider Jun 2018 #14
Kobach jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #10
Dumb guy and thats being conservative.. Maxheader Jun 2018 #11
If that asshat is elected Gov of Kansas....... Bengus81 Jun 2018 #13
Really. I hope he gets his ass handed to him... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #20
We are in recovery mode..... Bengus81 Jun 2018 #21
Thanks for the status...my parents lived in Topeka KS and I went to school for various things ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #22
It does,yet is always the whipping boy Bengus81 Jun 2018 #23

KrazyinKS

(291 posts)
2. You need to be surrounded by these guys-
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:25 PM
Jun 2018

I can't tell you how many times I have had to bite my tongue. My husband was in his bedroom listening to the report of Kobach in a jeep with a machine gun. He was laughing out loud. What is wrong with these guys? I don't know.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
4. It is, it's damn scary. Too many kill videos games as a kid? A fad? It's incredible ... how can
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:48 PM
Jun 2018

any sane person have any respect for these individuals. It's sicking.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
12. The same hillbilly characteristics
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 07:20 AM
Jun 2018

that describe cheetoz followers? The weird approval on tariffs,
the sacrificing of school children? All the crap brownback heaped
on them..and still got a 2nd term? Kansans think it makes the
libs mad...that is it..completely. Neurotic? cutting your nose off
to spite your face? Yeah but the libs are against it, that makes
it ok.

Javaman

(62,531 posts)
16. I loved Daktari!!!
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 09:24 AM
Jun 2018

You just brought back a great memory for me.

I remember the beginning of the show where they would yell out, "DAKTARI!!!"

Thanks!

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)
7. If you look at the other pictures
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 10:02 PM
Jun 2018

you will see a couple of very young kids riding in the back. *Our next governor* ( please god nooooooo)

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)
14. Not sure there would be anything left here
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 08:02 AM
Jun 2018

but the filthy rich. Who needs Medicaid?

Seriously, I know Brownback personally (not on purpose) and although I knew he was a liar and a creep I never saw the cruelty that he dealt parts of our population. I was not actually surprised but stunned at the level he took it to.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
13. If that asshat is elected Gov of Kansas.......
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 07:56 AM
Jun 2018

We're going right back to the Brownback zero % tax rate for Corporations (and more sales tax increases) that we had before that nearly BK Kansas. KKKobach said they were a great idea but not implemented correctly because there wasn't enough spending cuts to make it work.

Makes no diff to him that school funding was CUT to the bone and by year three KDOT couldn't even take bids on highway work because they'd been robbed and slashed of almost all their money. Programs to help the truly needy were slashed to the point of being worthless so Corporations/S Corps/LLC's (such as lawyers,basketball coaches who make or get paid MILLIONS per year) pay nothing in State income taxes.

But yeah...Kobach has a "better" plan. Better hope that ass gets primaried in August or we're in trouble.

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
20. Really. I hope he gets his ass handed to him...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:37 AM
Jun 2018

I suspect KS is still recovering from the Brownback disaster, if at all. That's fine, if KS wants to enact another failed 'Brownback' policy, businesses will leave the state, businesses won't hire kids in KS because of poor school standards, and, since people are (or will be) leaving KS as a place to live, and immigrants are a 'dirty word' now, won't be able to hire anyone anyway since everyone has left KS.

So much for governing, eh?

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
21. We are in recovery mode.....
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 03:02 PM
Jun 2018

Those ridiculous tax cuts for the RICH were tossed out about a year ago so revenue is flowing into the coffers again. If business leave this State it won't be any that came rushing here for that tax break,there were really none even though Brokeback claimed they would be beating the door down to set up shop in Kansas.

All that happened was Lawyers (who just had a partnership) and millionaire basketball coaches quickly formed an LLC for fifty bucks and got out of paying income tax for almost four years.

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
22. Thanks for the status...my parents lived in Topeka KS and I went to school for various things ...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jun 2018

in Pittsburg, KS, and my brother lived briefly in Kansas City, KS (not MO). KS has a lot going for it, great people, great schools, and lots of history. Best wishes to you and all in KS!

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
23. It does,yet is always the whipping boy
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 12:00 PM
Jun 2018

Born here and I'll die here. I love living here until we have another election and the idiots pull a lever for another Republican. If Kobach wins the Gov race we're going to be in deep shit. Hopefully his KKK ass will get primaried.

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