A teacher, who is only described as a female, told her students that VP Mike Pence should be shot in the head at the same time Pence was making an appearance in the area. She is now under investigation by the Secret Service. The teacher, who works for the Cuthbertson High School, is also being reviewed by the school, who will determine whether or not she will keep her job. My guess is that she will stay since she called for the death of a Republican. Had she called for the death of a Democrat, she would have already been fired.
The teacher — who works at Cuthbertson High School in Waxhaw — allegedly made the comment the same week Pence was in the area to campaign for Republican Dan Bishop, WJZY-TV reported. Bishop, a state senator, won a special election Tuesday for North Carolina’s congressional seat.The Union County Sheriff’s Office told WJZY it passed the information along to the Secret Service to investigate. The station referred to the teacher in question as a female but said it wasn’t naming the teacher.What did a parent of two students have to say?
Firas Obeid, a parent of two Cuthbertson students, told WJZY that while he’s not necessarily a Pence supporter, it’s wrong to refer to shooting Pence or anybody.“Affiliation to a specific party does not entitle us to make statement like that to anyone,” Obeid added to the station.What did a local Republican official have to say?
Union County GOP Chair Allison Powers told WJZY she believes “teachers need to be a lot more careful about what they say to impressionable young children” and “you should not be bringing in those type of viewpoints to your job.”Powers didn’t say the teacher should be fired but rather is trusting district officials will take appropriate action, the station reported: “To just wish that kind of violence on anybody is just way out of bounds.”
