Thread: Maine Democrat Threatens Trump in Profanity-Laced Facebook Comment

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Maine Democrat Threatens Trump in Profanity-Laced Facebook Comment


BY: Conor Beck
July 12, 2017 2:52 pm

Maine State Rep. Scott Hamann (D.) is receiving calls to resign after writing a Facebook post Tuesday night in which he used violent language against President Donald Trump.
Hamann has since deleted the post, but not before the Maine Republican Party was able to obtain a screen capture of the profanity-filled rant, the Portland Press-Herald reports.

"Trump is a joke, and anyone who doesnt [sic] have their head up their ass understands that," Hamann said. "100% of intelligent Americans agree that Trump is a complete loser."
"But go back to clinging to your guns because you're afraid. Pussy. See, it's not only Trump supporters who can talk like complete assholes. As long as that's what's coming out of that side, then I'll match you dumb ****s word for word," he said.

Immediately following was the threat that concluded his post: "Trump is a half term president, at most, especially if I get within 10 feet of that pussy."

Hamann said Trump was "an admitted rapist" and asked whether "you would be okay with leaving him alone in a room with your wife?"

"Conversely, President Obama ran quite possibly the classiest 2 term presidency in US history, no scandals, successful commander in chief, zero rape victims, and he improved the economy," Hamann said.

Maine GOP chair Demi Kouzounas issued a statement calling on Hamann to resign or be forced to resign by the Democratic caucus.

The South Portland lawmaker said in a statement Wednesday that he regretted the post.

"I regret my impulsive decision to post something aggressively sarcastic and inappropriate in a Facebook exchange with a childhood friend," Hamann said. "While the tone of the post was born out of frustration with the vile language currently surrounding politics, I should not have responded with the same language.

"This is not language I typically use, it does not reflect my personal values, and while misguided, it was intended to make a visceral point about the devolving political discourse in America," Hamann continued.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/maine...ebook-comment/

House speaker boots state rep from committees for anti-Trump rant

Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland,

Troy R. Bennett | BDN

By Jake Bleiberg, BDN Staff
Posted July 14, 2017, at 10:25 a.m.
Last modified July 14, 2017, at 11:50 a.m.

PORTLAND, Maine — Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, has been removed from two legislative committees because of statements he made online that suggested he would harm President Donald Trump if he got close enough.

Three days after images of a profane Facebook post that Hamann wrote began to circulate online, House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, said she has removed Hamann from his seats on the Health and Human Services Committee and the Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee.

In the post, Hamann, 36, called the president a “joke,” a “rapist” and a criminal, seethed against his supporters and Republicans more generally and said Trump is unlikely to serve his full four-year term, “especially if I ever get within 10 feet of that pussy.”

In a statement, Gideon said the three-term lawmaker’s comments were “inexcusable and unacceptable” and said his removal from the committees should stand as a lesson to other members of state government.

“I hope this consequence sends a clear signal to all members of the House of Representatives that they are expected to conduct themselves with respect at all times and in all media,” Gideon said.

Hamann did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday but previously said he regretted the statements. They were part of an “aggressively sarcastic … Facebook exchange with a childhood friend,” he said.

Rep. Aaron Frey, D-Bangor, will replace Hamann on the Marijuana Legalization Implementation committee. Hamann will be replaced on the Health and Human Services Committee by Joyce McCreight, D-Harpswell, who is in turn stepping down from the Taxation Committee, where she is being replaced by Denise Tepler, D-Topsham.

The changes do not alter the partisan balance of those committees.

Gideon’s announcement of the committee shakeup follows bipartisan condemnation of Hamann’s comments, which were picked up by national media, including right-leaning outlets, such as FOX News and Breitbart, but also more mainstream news organizations, such as Reuters and The Boston Globe.

Hamann’s comments were decried by the heads of Maine’s Republican and Democratic parties and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. The state GOP called for his resignation.

Maine’s House Democratic leadership had remained silent on the issue before Gideon’s Friday morning announcement. On Thursday, Assistant House Minority Leader Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, sent Gideon a letter asking what she was doing to address the matter.

Hamann is the second Maine lawmaker in recent years to lose a committee seat after running his mouth online. In 2015, Sen. Mike Willette, R-Presque Isle, resigned from his co-chairmanship of the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee following controversy caused by his inflammatory Facebook posts about President Barack Obama.

The Good Shepherd Food Bank, where Hamann works as a project manager, said in a statement that the lawmaker’s comments “in no way reflect the views or values” of the organization.
Hamann said in a Thursday email that he is continuing to work for the food bank but that he had taken most of the week off “to address this distraction.”

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I-Team: Secret Service investigating Maine lawmaker after anti-Trump rant

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WGME) -- A Secret Service spokesman tells the CBS 13 I-Team it is now investigating Rep. Scott Hamann (D) after he posted an anti-Trump rant on Facebook.
A Secret Service spokesman confirmed it's investigating the profane Facebook posts but wouldn't comment any further citing the sensitive nature of the investigation and "protective intelligence."

"Trump is a half term president, at most, especially if I ever get within 10 feet of that p***y," Hammann posted earlier this week.

Earlier Friday, Hamann was removed from two legislative committees because of statements he made, suggesting he would harm President Donald Trump if he got close enough.
The Maine Republican Party called the posts "unhinged" and "dangerous."

Hamann apologized for the post on Wednesday in which he also called the president "a joke" and "complete loser."

I regret my impulsive decision to post something aggressively sarcastic and inappropriate in a Facebook exchange with a childhood friend. While the tone of the post was born out of frustration with the vile language currently surrounding politics, I should not have responded with the same language. This is not language I typically use, it does not reflect my personal values, and while misguided, it was intended to make a visceral point about the devolving political discourse in America.

http://wgme.com/news/local/secret-se...-facebook-rant

"Trump is a joke, and anyone who doesnt [sic] have their head up their ass understands that," Hamann said. "100% of intelligent Americans agree that Trump is a complete loser."

No, you're the joke.

Nice to see some serious repercussions regarding threats to our President. These people work for the government and should be held to even higher standards than the public.

These democrats are really showing their stupidity more and more. These are the best our country can find to represent us?