Opinion

Senator should be prosecuted for Facebook comment

Posted September 02, 2017 1:00 am

Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal expressed in a Facebook post the desire to see President Trump assassinated. Her remarks did not make the front page of any bipartisan newspaper. The Daily Herald had a tiny article that said a Missouri lawmaker who temporarily posted a Facebook comment expressing hope that President Donald Trump would be assassinated could face an effort to remove her from office.

Not only should she be removed from office, she should be incarcerated. If a Republican lawmaker had made that statement about Obama, the front page of every newspaper would demand that person's removal, and demonstrators would be destroying property throughout the country.

The media is very partisan toward the liberal left. The Daily Herald will not print this letter, because I am telling the truth.

Silvio Pontarelli

Mount Prospect

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