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Chris Good - Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.

Scott Baio Receievs Death Threats For Posting Unflattering Photo Of Michelle O On Twitter

By Chris Good
Jan 22 2010, 5:47 PM ET Comment

They want to kill Chaci.

Conservative Scott Baio is being threatened on twitter.

Scott Baio, who supported Scott Brown in Massachusetts, received death threats this week after he posted an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama on twitter.
FOX News reported, via FOX Nation:

Former "Happy Days" star Scott Baio claims he has been barraged with death threats and accused of being a racist after posting an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama on Twitter along with the caption "WOW He wakes up to this every morning."

Outraged users reportedly responded with angry Tweets such as "Scott Baio should be PUT DOWN and someone will PUT YOU DOWN.YOU; your WIFE and KID." Another Tweeter even went as far as to alter an image of Baio's young child with the caption "this is what Scott Baio wakes up [to]." That photo has since been removed.

The controversy began after Baio had been Tweeting support for Massachusetts Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown Wednesday. He then decided to post the photo of Obama, before...

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