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 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!”
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.
