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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) - North Carolina Representative Michael Speciale is one of the most recent examples of a politician raising eyebrows with a social media post.

On his Facebook page, Rep. Speciale shared a post that attacked President Obama, calling the President an "Islamic son of a b***h" and the worst President in the country's history.

After multiple attempts to reach the representative, an aide told WNCT he wouldn't make a comment about his social media post.

ECU Political Scientist Tom Eamon said social media can be dangerous for politicians.

"It's very poor taste to call any leader a term like that," Eamon said.

But Rep. Speciale isn't the only politician who has posted controversial things on social media. Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has been put in the spotlight for tweets he has posted about women and minorities. His comments were brought up during the first Republican debate by Fox New's Megyn Kelly. However, Trump wasn't concerned about those he offended.

"I don't frankly have time for total political correctness," Trump said during the debate.

Eamon said Trump's controversial tweets may not be hurting him all that much, as he continues to be the front runner for the Republican Party.

"People who are offended are not going to vote for him anyway," Eamon said. "And a lot of the people who have the same feelings, call it anger, call it prejudice, call it what one wants to call it, they'll find it to be appealing."

Eamon said in today's world, social media is almost a necessity for those running for office. U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones, representing District 3 in North Carolina, agreed.

"Technology is now, if you want to communicate with people, then you've got to use whatever opportunities you have," he said.

Congressman Jones said he tries to post the facts about a situation and how he feels about it. Eamon said if the presidential race is close in the Fall, candidates on both sides will likely tone down their posts to appeal to the undecided voters.