GOP Candidate Tells Reporter ‘I Hope Somebody Rapes You Today’
Man Who Wishes Rape on Reporter Is Trump Supporter, Now Forced to Withdraw as Candidate
West Deptford, New Jersey Republican Mike Krawitz on Facebook issued a stunning message of hate to a Daily Beast reporter on Monday: “F*ck. You, Olivia.  I. Hope. Somebody. Rapes. You. Today.” After that, Krawitz posted, “Hope. You. Get. Raped. By. A. Syrian. Refugee. :)”
Daily Beast reporter Olivia Nuzzi is the Olivia he mentions.Â
Nuzzi posted his messages to Twitter:
This man who wants me to be raped today was a Republican candidate for office in NJ https://t.co/NgxtjOTaJ9 pic.twitter.com/H31Q5VmXVc
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) September 5, 2016
Nuzzi responded to Krawitz’s claims that his account was hacked by reporting an example of his earlier attacks.Â
Krawitz and the West Deptford GOP are now claiming that his account was hacked today.
This is from August 10th: pic.twitter.com/CyGkwloslu
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) September 5, 2016
In a column at The Daily Beast, Nuzzi says Krawitz has been harassing her since at least last year. And she doubts his claim his account was hacked.Â
Krawitz, who was a Republican candidate running for the Township Committee, today resigned via a strange, handwritten note:
@Olivianuzzi I just received this via email. #krawitz @cpsj pic.twitter.com/gk9ewzagSo
— Carly Q. Romalino (@CarlyQRomalino) September 6, 2016
Sadly, Nuzzi is used to this treatment.
“In my two-plus years at The Daily Beast, I’ve mostly been assigned to cover Republican candidates, so the majority of feedback (read: hate mail) I get is from readers who sympathize with those candidates,” she writes. “Supporters of Rand Paul called me a ‘bimbo troll,’ while defenders of a white supremacist running for office labeled me a ‘plastic surgery addict’ and ‘probable jewess.'”
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