After the news broke on Nov. 16 that a man had been arrested for allegedly firing a semiautomatic rifle at the White House, the student leader of the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea of assassinating President Obama was “tempting,”
At 2:29 p.m. EST, UT’s Lauren E. Pierce wrote: “Y’all as tempting as it may be, don’t shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012.”
Pierce, the president of the College Republicans at UT Austin, told ABC News the comment was a “joke.”
“I don’t really see anything wrong with it,” the group’s VP, Cassie Wright, added. “It’s just a personal comment, not representative of any group. Just freedom of speech, you know?”
Ms. Pierce has since apologized:
I’m thinking Miss Pierce got a little talking to from the FBI. A visit from federal officers in suits could definitely convince you never to “joke” around about something so serious. –kathleen cross
