2012 Election

Tweet of the Day: McKenna Policy Aide Has an Odd Sense of Humor

By Erica C. Barnett July 16, 2012

Kathlyn Ehl, whose Twitter page identifies her as a "policy aide" to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna, posted a couple of tweets---one late last year and one in late January---that make us wonder, once again, if kids these days simply don't realize tweets are public.

Ehl does not show up on McKenna's campaign finance reports as a paid staffer, though McKenna's campaign promoted Ehl's Twitter feed on Friday as a Follow Friday (#FF) post. McKenna's campaign has 783 followers.

The tweet from January
 reads simply, "shut up and speak english #asians."



The second, from late last year, reads, "If it takes you an entire green light to walk in front of my car GET A WHEELCHAIR#toooldtowalk."



We expect the tweets to disappear shortly, but screen shots are forever.

According to her LinkedIn profile
, prior to working for McKenna, she worked as an intake specialist at the Legal Action Center, which provides legal assistance to low-income who are facing eviction and other tenant issues. Before that, she worked as a research intern for King County's alternatives to incarceration program; and before that, she worked for the UW Dream Project, which---irony alert---helps first-generation immigrants and low-income kids who want to go to college.

We have a call out to McKenna's campaign manager and are trying to track down Ehl.
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