A high school English teacher called for the United States Secret Service to assassinate President Donald Trump and claimed that “Trump and his cronies need to die” in a series of posts on Facebook last week.
In a Tuesday post on Facebook, JoAnna St. Germain, a teacher at Waterville Senior High School, wrote, “The Secret Service has the perfect opportunity, if they choose to step up and take it. You are the ones with the power. Coordinate. Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts.”
“I’m talking about Americans recognizing a fascist dictatorship and standing against it,” St. Germain added. “Secret Service, you are Americans. My beloved military, you are Americans. We, the people, are counting on you. If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself.”
In her Tuesday post, St. Germain said she was “not talking about assassinating a president” since a president is “a person duly elected by the American people.” The high school teacher claimed that Trump has “bragged” about “stealing the election.”
In a Wednesday Facebook post, St. Germain reiterated her call to have Trump and his allies killed, saying, “I posted knowing I’d likely lose my job and benefits. I have zero shame about what I’ve said. I’m not backtracking a single thing.”
She added, “I believe Trump and every sycophant he has surrounded himself with… needs to die.”
In another post on Facebook, St. Germain acknowledged that people were “quite angry” with her for “stating openly that Trump and his cronies need to die.”
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“If you’re mad at this post, knowing that I just threw away a decade of experience teaching the truth, fully knowing that my superintendent will have to fire me? If you’re mad that I’m speaking truth to power? F-ck you,” Germain added.
In an emailed statement shared by The Maine Wire, Waterville Public Schools Superintendent Peter Hallen addressed the teacher’s social media statements.
“Please know that I have taken steps to ensure everyone’s safety and am, along with the appropriate authorities, actively investigating the incident,” Hallen wrote. “While I cannot comment on personal matters, I assure you that due process and the safety of our students and staff are my highest priority.”
St. Germain appeared to issue a response to Hallen’s comments in a follow-up post on social media. “To be clear, publicly: I knew what I was doing when I did it,” the Waterville teacher said. “I’m not the least f-cking sorry.”
A picture of St. Germain was shared by The Maine Wire on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a screenshot of one of her posts last week.
