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Related: About this forumBurlington House candidate called for Obama to be hanged in Tweet

BURLINGTON — In April Michael McGarghan, a candidate for state representative in Burlington’s Chittenden 6-1 district, tweeted “Take that traitor Obama & hang him from the neck until he’s dead!”
In an interview Monday, McGarghan, 49, said it might have been “a little harsh” to call for the president’s death by hanging, but he stood by his assertion that Obama is a traitor.
“It’s a citizen voicing frustration. It’s not an act that can be done. It’s meant as a point of frustration,” McGarghan said.
The Tweet is one of a handful from McGarghan that denounce the president, promote conspiracy theories about him and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton or contain anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Read more: http://vtdigger.org/2016/10/18/burlington-house-candidate-called-obama-hanged-tweet/

Mike McGarghan, candidate for Vermont House of Representatives. Courtesy photo
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Burlington House candidate called for Obama to be hanged in Tweet (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Oct 2016
OP
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)1. Spoken by a man of the military? About our commander in chief?
He may no longer be active enlisted but isn't there a serious consequence to his statement? Wow!
TonyPDX
(962 posts)2. He might want to learn the definition of "traitor" before opening his ill-informed mouth.
Skittles
(162,569 posts)3. racist piece of shit