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EXCLUSIVE: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is demanding {that a} native elected official in her district resign after reportedly evaluating former President Trump to a “rabid dog” after he was shot.
Christine Paige, a member of the Potsdam Town Council, has confronted bipartisan backlash over her feedback, which have been first reported final month by native media.
“Far Left Democrats supporting political violence and the assassination of President Trump are shameful and do not deserve to represent the great people of the North Country,” Stefanik informed Fox News Digital.
“Potsdam Town Board Member Christine Paige must be condemned by the NY Democrat State Party, and she must resign in disgrace after she said shooting President Trump would be like ‘putting down a rabid dog.’”
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Rep. Elise Stefanik is the No. 4 House GOP chief. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
A screenshot of a now-deleted Facebook remark seen by Fox News Digital confirmed Paige commenting on a put up concerning the tried assassination, “I have seen no credible proof that he’s a human being. Maybe you know something we don’t. To me, it would be akin to putting down a rabid dog.”
Potsdam Town Council Supervisor Marty Miller, a Democrat, responded in a prolonged media assertion that stated Paige’s remark “is not in any way shared” by the remainder of the board.
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Former President Trump gestures whereas surrounded by Secret Service brokers after photographs have been fired at a marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
“I can tell you firsthand this selfish act of one person’s satisfaction has been a nightmare for me and the rest of the Board the last couple of weeks,” Miller stated, including that the city council has been inundated with “phone calls, voicemails, and emails” on the matter.
Miller identified, nonetheless, that the city council can not oust one in every of its personal members. He additionally endorsed Stefanik for re-election, calling her a “strong” chief in a press release to Fox News Digital.
But Paige stated she won’t resign from her put up, in accordance with NNY360.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Paige for touch upon Stefanik’s demand.
It’s a part of the continued fallout from the July 13 capturing at Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally. A 20-year-old gunman opened fireplace from a rooftop exterior the rally’s safety perimeter, hitting Trump within the ear and killing one rally attendee.
