A top Republican lawmaker is calling for a New York official to be removed from office after she compared the assassination attempt on President Trump to “putting down a rabid dog.
Christine Paige, a town council member in Potsdam, drew national scorn for the hateful screed that was posted on social media.
“I have seen no credible proof that [Trump is] a human being. Maybe you know something we don’t. To me, it would be akin to putting down a rabid dog,” Paige wrote, according to screenshots.
Paige later deleted the message, but refused to apologize, saying that she had a First Amendment right to free speech.
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik called for Paige to resign.
“Far Left Democrats supporting political violence and the assassination of President Trump are shameful and do not deserve to represent the great people of the North Country,” Stefanik said in a statement obtained by The New York Post.
“Potsdam Town Board Member Christine Paige must be condemned by the NY Democrat State Party and she must resign in disgrace after she said shooting President Trump would be like ‘putting down a rabid dog,’” she added.
The town council said they were horrified by Paige’s post, but added there was nothing they could do to remove her from leadership.
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