POTSDAM — A Potsdam town board member faces potential censures from both county and town levels over Facebook comments she made regarding the assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump at a campaign rally July 13 in Butler, Penn.
Town Council member Christine Paige, who said in a Facebook conversation that shooting the former president would be like “putting down a rabid dog,” told North Country This Week in a separate conversation that she has a right to freedom of speech and she did not apologize for her statements.
Her comments were part of a larger conversation thread in which the original poster said “Shit they missed his head,” in the wake of a failed assisination attempt.
The thread can be read online here.
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>POTSDAM — A Potsdam town board member faces potential censures from both county and town levels over Facebook comments she made regarding the assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump at a campaign rally July 13 in Butler, Penn.
>Town Council member Christine Paige, who said in a Facebook conversation that shooting the former president would be like “putting down a rabid dog,” told North Country This Week in a separate conversation that she has a right to freedom of speech and she did not apologize for her statements.
>Her comments were part of a larger conversation thread in which the original poster said “Shit they missed his head,” in the wake of a failed assisination attempt.
>The thread can be read online here.
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