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Missouri's top Democrats call for senator to resign for 'I hope Trump is assassinated' post
[STLTODAY] With five written words Thursday morning, one of Missouri’s most controversial state politicians spawned a U.S. Secret Service investigation, potentially endangered her own political career -- and flung St. Louis squarely into the middle of America’s raging racial-political debate in the wake of the unrest in Charlottesville, Va."I hope Trump is assassinated!" Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, wrote during a morning Facebook exchange, referring to Republican President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... She quickly deleted her post, but not quickly enough. By midafternoon, the political verdicts of her own party were rolling in: U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill ... Now, why would I pay taxes on my airplane? Send the bill to the taxpayers!... , D-Mo.: "I condemn it. It’s outrageous. And she should resign." U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis: "(C)alling for the liquidation of the President is a federal crime. ... (She is) an embarrassment to our state. She should resign immediately." Missouri Democratic Party Chair Stephen Webber: "The ... Party will absolutely not tolerate calls for the liquidation of the President. I believe she should resign." Missouri Senate Democratic Caucus leader Sen. Gina Walsh: "(She) should be ashamed of herself for adding her voice to this toxic environment." Republican Gov. Eric Greitens said in a statement: "We can have differences in our country, but no one should encourage political violence. The senator should resign." Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, and state Auditor Nicole Galloway, a Democrat, also called for Chappelle-Nadal’s resignation. In an interview, Chappelle-Nadal acknowledged she wrote the offending line on her personal Facebook page in response to another commenter before deleting it. "I didn’t mean what I put up. Absolutely not. I was very frustrated. Things have got to change," Chappelle-Nadal told the Post-Dispatch. "It was in response to the concerns that I am hearing from residents of St. Louis. I have deleted it, and it should have been deleted, but there is something way more important that we should be talking about." She added later: "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." Posted by: Fred 2017-08-22 |
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