Mitt Romney, Scott Brown Aide Creates Fake Tasteless Account Poking Fun At Opponent

An aide to both Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republican senator Scott Brown has admitted to creating the @CrazyKhazei Twitter account parodying Brown’s political opponent, including writing a distasteful tweet making fun of the “It Gets Better” project for gay youth.

As the Boston Globe reported last week, Eric Fehrnstrom, senior campaign advisor to Brown, has taken responsibility for the @CrazyKhazei account.

The account, which has since been removed, poked fun at Democratic Senate candidate Alan Khazei, Brown’s opponent in Massachusetts.

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