{"id":7615,"date":"2021-11-23T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7615"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:13:02","slug":"illinois-democrat-resigns-after-horrific-tweets-following-waukesha-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7615","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Democrat Resigns After Horrific Tweets Following Waukesha Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hale<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County (IL) has recently resigned following backlash for disgusting comments made on her personal social media accounts. Mary Lemanski published a series of tweets intended to mock the victims of the still developing Waukesha tragedy where an SUV trampled over 40 people at high speeds during a holiday parade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of November 22nd five people have died and 48 have been injured from the tragedy including six children in critical condition, dozens more are hospitalized. The suspect in custody appears to be a Milwaukee man named Darrell Brooks \u2014 a man with criminal history dating back to 1999.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to this deadly event, Lemanski insinuated that Waukesha residents somehow deserved what happened after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges. \u201cThe blood of Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s victims is on the hands of Wisconsin citizens, even the children\u201d wrote Lemanski, \u201cYou reap what you sow, Wisconsin.\u201d Lemanski has a history of bad statements. On November 15th,she claimed that a &#8220;white wing group&#8221; who she also labeled as &#8220;fascists&#8221; was attempting to stop her from speaking at a school board meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These comments by Lemanski are indefensible, and the social media director\u2019s justifying logic for her horrid tweets simply don\u2019t make any sense. \u201cIt was probably just self-defense,\u201d Lemanski wrote in another tweet. Some reports have claimed that the massacre perpetrated by Brooks was followed by him fleeing from another crime scene, and while the legitimacy of this detail is still in question, nothing could ever serve as rationalization for Brooks\u2019s decision to plow through children in a parade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lemanski is self-described on the DuPage County Democratic Party website as a \u201cDifference Maker,\u201d but the social media director is rightfully no longer associated with the DuPage party after her insensitivity surrounding the scene in Waukesha. The DuPage Democrats social media <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuPage_Dems\/status\/1462800388420157442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1462800388420157442%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fillinois-democrat-waukesha-tragedy-rittenhouse-mocking-twitter-self-defense\">posted a statement<\/a> condemning the criminal and heinous act in Waukesha and also reposted Lemanski&#8217;s resignation statement, however they can no longer be found as Lemanski removed her twitter account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Screenshot of Lemanski Twitter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hale A social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County (IL) has recently resigned following backlash for disgusting comments made on her personal social media accounts. 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