?I hope Trump is assassinated?: A Missouri lawmaker?s Facebook comment leads to calls for her resignation
A Missouri lawmaker started the day by making a comment on Facebook that would soon lead to calls for her resignation and even catch the attention of the Secret Service.
Two days after President Trump once again blamed ?both sides? for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal went on her personal Facebook page Thursday morning to vent.
?I put up a statement saying, ?I really hate Trump. He?s causing trauma and nightmares.? That was my original post,? she told the Kansas City Star.
The Facebook post received many responses, Chappelle-Nadal said, and to one she replied, ?I hope Trump is assassinated!?
She would later explain that she didn't actually wish harm to come to Trump but wrote it out of frustration.
?I didn?t mean what I put up. Absolutely not,? Chappelle-Nadal told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ?It was in response to the concerns that I am hearing from residents of St. Louis.?
?There are people who are afraid of white supremacists,? she added. ?There are people who are having nightmares. There are people who are afraid of going out in the streets. It?s worse than even Ferguson.?
Though she quickly deleted the comment, an image of the statement would soon circulate online.
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