Chuck Ross
A Missouri state senator said
in a now-deleted Facebook post that she hopes President Donald Trump is
assassinated.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal [foto] acknowledged on Thursday that she wrote a post which read: “I hope Trump is
assassinated!”
She made the comment in an
exchange with a left-wing activist who claimed that his cousin is a Secret
Service agent.
A Missouri State Senator from St. Louis has now called for the assassination of @realDonaldTrump. Keep it classy @MariaChappelleN. pic.twitter.com/JTrkxk4Pkz— Mark Reardon (@MarkReardonKMOX) 17 de agosto de 2017
Chappelle-Nadal confirmed to a reporter with St. Louis TV station KMOX that
she posted the comment.
“I put something up on my
personal Facebook page and it has now been deleted,” she said.
Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat,
represents a district in a St. Louis suburb.
It is not clear exactly what
prompted Chappelle-Nadal’s comment. But it was likely made in response to a
discussion about the ongoing controversy over Trump’s comments about the
violence in Charlottesville, Va. over the weekend.
According to KMOX, U.S. Secret
Service in St. Louis is looking into Chappelle-Nadal’s post.
State and national politicians
called on Chappelle-Nadal to resign over the remarks, but she says she has no
plans to do so.
Stephen Webber, the chairman
of the Missouri Democratic Party, called the comments “indefensible.”
“All sides need to agree that
there is no room for suggestions of political violence in America — and the
Missouri Democratic Party will absolutely not tolerate calls for the
assassination of the President,” he said.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill
said that the comments were “outrageous” and that Chappelle-Nadal “should
resign.”
Chapelle-Nadal told the
Springfield News-Leader that she regretted her post but said she has no plans
to resign.
“Hell no!” she said when asked
by a reporter if she will quit her position.
Chuck Ross, The Daily Caller, 17-8-2017
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