An obscure 28-year-old Democrat who tweeted about farting and peeing toppled the California Assembly’s Republican leader in a closely contested upset in this year’s election, the Associated Press projected Friday.
Hipolito Cerros’ old social media posts only began to resurface amid the vote counting as it became increasingly likely that Assemblymember Alexandra Macedo would lose her re-election bid in the 33rd Assembly District.
“How is it possible that the Central Valley just voted to put this guy in office as a state legislator?” exclaimed Orange County GOP Chair Will O’Neill, who brought attention to the tweets.
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