New York Post

‘Bigot’ Dem aide fired

- Carl Campanile

An aide to the Democratic candidate for Nassau county executive, Laura Curran, was fired Wednesday after her offensive college-era online comments were reported to the campaign.

Curran campaign scheduler Mariah Dignan tweeted slurs demeaning to gays and blacks in conversati­ons with fellow hockey fans almost five years ago.

“Fa--ots dancing like psychopath­s,” she tweeted in November 2012, linking to an Instagram photo.

Dignan, 22, also tweeted in Nov. 16, 2012: “ni--as gotta haul ass and take your s--t to go.”

“These tweets were repugnant and horribly offensive. They in no way, shape or form represent the views of Laura Curran or her campaign,” said Curran campaign communicat­ions director Phil Shulman.

The campaign did not make Dignan available for comment.

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