W.Va. lawmaker: Hillary Clinton should be "hung" on National Mall
W.Va. lawmaker: Hillary Clinton should be "hung" on National Mall
Michael Folk
A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates is causing a stir after tweeting that Hillary Clinton should be "hung on the Mall in Washington, DC."
CBS affiliate WOWK-TV reports that Michael Folk, a Republican legislator who is also a United Airlines pilot, posted a tweet Friday night saying: "Hillary Clinton, you should be tried for treason, murder, and crimes against the US Constitution... then hung (the word is "hanged", you asshole) on the Mall in Washington, DC."
Folk told the station that he posted the tweet over the FBI's decision not to charge Clinton over the investigation into her private email server.The tweet, which has since been deleted, drew a swift rebuke from his employer, United Airlines. "We are appalled by comments advocating harm to any person," said airline spokesperson Mary Clark. "They do not represent United Airlines and we are looking into the matter further."
Folk's tweet also sparked a backlash on social media.
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W. Va. lawmaker Mike Folk: I regret 'tone' of my tweet calling for Clinton to be hanged
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Here is a screenshot of a since-deleted tweet by Michael Folk, a member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates. (Twitter)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia Republican lawmaker said Sunday his comments made on Twitter calling for Democrat Hillary Clinton's public execution weren't meant to be taken literally. House of Delegates member Mike Folk said that his tweet Friday over Clinton's use of a private email system while she served as secretary of state was "hyperbole."
In the tweet, Folk said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee "should be tried for treason, murder, and crimes against the US Constitution... then hung on the Mall in Washington, DC."
Folk said in a telephone interview he still wants Clinton to go on trial, but he doesn't want her executed. "It could have been said a little bit better," Folk said. "I regret the tone, and the second part of that tweet.
"The biggest misconception is that for some reason, everybody thinks I made a death threat, which I did not. Clearly it was not that."
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