I'd heard about this. Seriously, firing Mercante is a bare minimum, they deserve so much worse after what she just did.
Edit: Oh, the petition doesn't say it. Mercante got in touch with HIS WIFE and "asked for her view" on how she feels about him "making violent statements and threats" towards people, something she can't actually back up. Honestly, this story probably deserves its own thread, I'm not in a position to make one right now if someone else wants to. Also a defender saying "Yeah, find their wives and kids and string'em up. It's consequences." It's going down the route of "this is the kind of shit that actually justifies violent retribution from the right."
I'd heard about this. Seriously, firing Mercante is a bare minimum, they deserve so much worse after what she just did.
Edit: Oh, the petition doesn't say it. Mercante got in touch with HIS WIFE and "asked for her view" on how she feels about him "making violent statements and threats" towards people, something she can't actually back up. Honestly, this story probably deserves its own thread, I'm not in a position to make one right now if someone else wants to. Also a defender saying "Yeah, find their wives and kids and string'em up. It's consequences." It's going down the route of "this is the kind of shit that actually justifies violent retribution from the right."
EDIT 2: Here is a tweet from Mark Kern going into it. He has a few tweets about it. https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1787963134424347065