Staffer of Rep. Bennie Thompson no longer employed after post about Trump shooting

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has parted ways with one of his congressional staffers who said, “Don’t miss next time” in a social media post about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The congressman’s office confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Sunday that Jacqueline Marsaw, a former case manager and field director for Thompson, was no longer employed. In a brief statement, Thompson did not specify whether Marsaw was fired or if she resigned.

“I was made aware of a post made by a staff member, and she is no longer in my employment,” he said.

In since-deleted Facebook posts, Marsaw wrote: “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.”

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In others captured by SuperTalk Mississippi News, she wrote: “Couldn’t happened to a nicer fellow but was it staged” and “That’s what your hate speech got you!”

Thompson, the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a Saturday statement following the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania that there was “no room in American democracy for political violence” and he was “glad the former president is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.”