An anti-Muslim Oklahoma State Representative has hinted at executing Hillary Clinton in a bizarre Facebook post.
John
Bennett, a Republican seeking re-election in the state's second
District, made the comment in response to a right-wing blog post about
the Benghazi attack in 2012.
'Two words... firing squad,' Bennett wrote in a post that has since been deleted.
After deleting the comments, Bennett claimed he was being 'sarcastic' in a text message he sent to the Oklahoman.
However, he went on to accuse Clinton of treason, which is punishable by death.
'She has committed nothing less than treason by leaving fellow Americans to die in Benghazi,' he said.
'If
anyone else had done that they would be charged with treason and thrown
under the jail at a minimum, and a firing squad likely.'
Many were critical of the post before it was deleted, according to KFOR.
'Isn’t it
treason to threaten the life of a presidential candidate? You, in
effect, you wished for her death and laid out the means
of her
execution,' one person wrote on Facebook.
However, the network found other disgusting comments that have since been deleted supporting Bennett's suggestion.
'No firing squad. That would be too good. A public hanging would be well suited for her,' one person said.
Bennett's
Facebook page is littered with anti-Muslim comments and articles he
shared from right-wing blog sites. He was also anti-abortion rights for
women, and posted a number of bible verses.
In another post, he proudly displayed his letter of endorsement from the NRA.
The
Republican created controversy in 2014 when he said any Muslim who
follows the practices of Islam should not be trusted, while also
comparing followers of the religion to Nazis.
You
think every German was a Nazi? No, they weren’t. But what happened with
the Nazis was that once they got in power, all those Germans that sat
quiet or were scared to say anything had no choice but to follow and
support what they were doing,' he said.
'So
is every Muslim bad? No. but if they subscribe to Islam and what it
teaches, and if they’re not standing up and condemning what Islam
teaches, then they’re just going right along with them, just like the
Germans did when the Nazis were around,'
Bennett is hoping to be re-elected in Sallisaw next week.
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