A Missouri state senator wrote a post on Facebook, which was later deleted, calling for the assassination of President Trump.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) made the comment “I hope Trump is assassinated!” in the wake of recent political and racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
She later regretted her decision and deleted the post which is now being investigated by U.S. Secret Service.
The Daily Caller reports:
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Maria Chappelle-Nadal acknowledged on Thursday that she wrote a post which read: “I hope Trump is assassinated!”
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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) August 17, 2017
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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.
.@MariaChappelleN has told @KMOX “I put something up on my personal Facebook page and it has now been deleted
— Mark Reardon (@MarkReardonKMOX) August 17, 2017
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.
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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.
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