Posted on 08/18/2017 7:03:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A state senator from Missouri is being investigated by the US Secret Service for saying she hopes President Donald Trump will be assassinated.
Democratic state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal posted the comment on Facebook but later deleted it. The Secret Service has confirmed they are "looking into the comments" and say "all threats against the President" will be investigated.
The senator says she was wrong to write the post but says she will not resign.
She had written "No. I will. I hope Trump is assassinated!" in response to a comment on Facebook. She told the St Louis Post-Dispatch: "I didn't mean what I put up. Absolutely not. I have deleted it, and it should have been deleted.
"I am not resigning. What I said was wrong, but I am not going to stop talking about what led to that, which is the frustration and anger that many people across America are feeling right now."
Members of her own party were quick to condemn the comment with some calling for her resignation. The leader of the Democratic Caucus in the Missouri senate, Gina Walsh, said her colleague "should be ashamed of herself for adding her voice to this toxic environment."
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, also of Missouri, said: "I condemn it. It's outrageous. And she should resign."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
She needs the man juice.
Black politicians can get away with anything
And any GOPer with a set will USE this ugly womans’ words as a wholesale indictment against the insane Dems’ during election time....I know I would!
“Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, also of Missouri, said: ‘I condemn it. It’s outrageous. And she should resign.’”
Shall we assume McCaskill is up for reelection next year?
I assume McCaskill is up in 18?
You assume correctly
“the frustration and anger that many people across America are feeling right now.”
So her murderous fantasies are acceptable because her friends share them.
Rule of law is at stake here. If these folks can keep insinuating that Trump should be killed, then their candidates/leaders are also game for the same activity. Either one side is wrong, or both sides can participate. We’ll see...
She’s not wrapped too tight.
What exactly, is there to investigate?
It would seem John McCain also can get away with anything.
I am more concerned with the original TWEETER, Christopher Gagne, who divulged that his Anti-TRUMP cousin was part of PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Secret Service protection.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3576755/posts?page=440#440
Typical low rent, thieving politician.
"I'm wrong but ain't no way I'm giving up my license to steal and resigning."
Only because their favored candidate lost an election.
What a very adult and reasonable response to disappointment. NOT!
It wasn’t a threat, it was a METAPHOR.
What she was REALLY saying was that she hopes that legislation is passed to address the budget shortfall for counting the number of Blue-Tailed Swallows still in Southern Florida.
I cannot believe that the Republicans are SUCH IDIOTS as to not being capable of understanding what she really meant.
(how the Democrats will likely defend her)
A 2 week vacation at the Resort Of GITMO ?
She won't resign, so she's only sorry that she got caught.
I hope the Secret Service gives her a good, thorough “visit.”
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