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Reality Check: Wildrose MLA blames a “hack job” for his bozo eruption tweet

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July 14, 2017

EDMONTON – The plot thickens as to why Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman tweeted the Prime Minister is a “gutless puke” last week. Today, he claimed his account underwent a “hack job.”

In an interview with Stettler’s RealCountry 93.3 radio station, Strankman said,

“That was a hack job, to the best of our ability. I’m not fully versed in the technical aspects of that all. But it turned out, to the best of our ability, it’s a hack job.”[1]

In the Drumheller Mail newspaper two days ago, Strankman said the electricity caused his phone to tweet those words.

When it comes to day three excuses, here’s hoping Bigfoot has a good alibi, as his whereabouts are still unknown at press time.

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[1] https://twitter.com/LandinChambers/status/885914988107317248

 

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