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DonViejo

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:03 AM Aug 2017

Charlottesville organizer pens vile 'payback' tweet aimed at Heather Heyer; then claims...

Charlottesville organizer pens vile ‘payback’ tweet aimed at Heather Heyer – then claims he was hacked

BOB BRIGHAM
19 AUG 2017 AT 09:40 ET

The organizer of the violent Charlottesville “Unite the Right” protest allegedly tweeted vicious insults aimed at Heather Heyer, who lost her life a week ago.

“Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist,” reads the now-deleted tweet from Kessler read. “Communists have killed 94 million. Looks like it was payback time.”

Kessler stated that his Twitter account was hacked — but it still remains active, causing suspicion.

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The tweet linked to a story on the neo-Nazi website “The Daily Stormer” which also insulted the victim. Kessler was a writer for conservative website The Daily Caller.

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Charlottesville organizer pens vile 'payback' tweet aimed at Heather Heyer; then claims... (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
Hacked, my ass dalton99a Aug 2017 #1
Those "my account was hacked" claims rarely turn out to be true oberliner Aug 2017 #2
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