From Huffingtonpost.com:
Lauren Pierce, the president of the College Republicans at UT Austin, said on Twitter Wednesday that the idea of assassinating President Barack Obama was “tempting.”
At approximately 2:30 p.m., Pierce posted, “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.”
The tweet came hours after police arrested a man for firing shots at the White House, leaving two bullets in the executive mansion.
Pierce joked that “it must be a slow news day” after ABC News posted a story on her comment:
Pierce told ABC News that the comment was a “joke” and that the “whole [shooting incident] was stupid.” Giggling, she said that an attempted assassination would “only make the situation worse.”
“Insofar as she’s a representative [of the College Republicans], maybe it shouldn’t be said, but she’s made a positive statement in a way,” said Cassie Wright, the group’s vice president.
“I don’t really see anything wrong with it,” Wright added. “It’s just a personal comment, not representative of any group. Just freedom of speech, you know?”
Does Pierce just live in some sort of moral vacuum? I am going to boldly step forward and say we just don’t make jokes about assassinating anyone, especially our leaders. This young woman has a great deal to learn. If she doesn’t stop down from her leadership position, either the local Republicans or the university need to remove her. I would feel the same way if Pierce were a young Democratic campus leader and suggested the same for Bush. Just not done!
