ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota teacher has resigned after a message allegedly appeared on her Twitter account suggesting someone should assassinate new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The Rosemount special education teacher has since deleted her Twitter account, but a tweet that read “so whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh” was reported by Twitter users to the FBI and Secret Service.
The FBI in Minneapolis told The Star Tribune that it’s aware of the tweet.
Intermediate School District 917 Superintendent Mark Zuzek said in a statement Tuesday that the employee has voluntarily resigned after being placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
The Tribune hasn’t named the woman because she hasn’t been charged with a crime.
Kavanaugh was sworn in Monday after a divisive Senate confirmation hearing .
Stupid stupid stupid. You think you can get away with that in this environment?
Folks still don’t learn. Even teachers.
And not to encourage such talk but if you’re gonna say certain things online, at lease use dog whistles and cryptic language like the GOP has done for years. This was such an easy mark. And now will be used to paint KavaNAW as some victim.
Just stupid.
You would be in favor of dog whistles, wouldn’t you?
But the asymmetry here is amazing, given the actual death threats Dr Ford has received and continues to receive. That story has simply not been given enough publicity.
At least she didn’t say I could shoot someone and keep my job.