The Mississippi Republican Party is calling for a staffer of Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson to be fired after posting “despicable statements” in response to an apparent assassination attempt on former U.S. president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
In a social media post on X, Mississippi GOP called out Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director for Thompson, after a now-deleted post from her Facebook read, “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking.”
.@BennieGThompson should FIRE his field director for condoning the attempted assassination of President @realDonaldTrump!!!
“please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time”
.@msdemocrats must repudiate these despicable statements!!!@WLBT @16WAPTNews @WJTV… pic.twitter.com/QVWu4OtUI2
— Mississippi GOP (@MSGOP) July 14, 2024
SuperTalk Mississippi News was able to grab screenshots of Marsaw’s posts before they were deleted. Others read “Couldn’t happened to a nicer fellow but was it staged,” alluding to a conspiracy, and “That’s what your hate speech got you!”
Screenshot of post from Facebook of Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director for Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Screenshot of post from Facebook of Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director for Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Screenshot of post from Facebook of Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director for Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Screenshot from Facebook of Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director for Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Although Thompson’s office has not responded to a request for comment regarding the staffer’s commentary on social media, the lone Democratic representative from Mississippi made a post on X condemning the attack at Saturday’s rally.
There is no room in American democracy for political violence. I am grateful for law enforcement’s fast response to this incident.
I am glad the former President is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.
— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) July 13, 2024
Thompson and Trump have long been political adversaries as the Democratic congressman led the House Jan. 6 committee, investigating Trump’s alleged role during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prior to Trump being found guilty in May of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor, Thompson introduced a bill to remove Secret Service protection from the former president.
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