{"id":1047391,"date":"2021-11-23T07:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047391"},"modified":"2021-11-23T07:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:59:31","slug":"democrat-who-used-rittenhouse-trial-to-mock-waukesha-parade-tragedy-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-who-used-rittenhouse-trial-to-mock-waukesha-parade-tragedy-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Who Used Rittenhouse Trial to Mock Waukesha Parade Tragedy Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-who-used-rittenhouse-trial-to-mock-waukesha-parade-tragedy-resigns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047391&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/parade-route-waukesha-wi-november-21-21-ap-photo-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An Illinois Democrat who appeared to describe the parade tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin, as a form of payback for the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse has resigned, Fox News reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMary Lemanski resigned from her position as social media director of the Democratic Party of DuPage County, Illinois, on Monday morning, Anne Sommerkamp, the organization\u2019s executive director, told Fox News in an email,\u201d the report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illinois-democrat-waukesha-tragedy-rittenhouse-mocking-twitter-self-defense\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The outlet also confirmed Lemanski\u2019s name had been <a href=\"https:\/\/dupagedemocrats.com\/staff\/\">removed<\/a> from the group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on Monday, the DuPage Democrats&nbsp;<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\">said<\/a>, \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Waukesha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of statements made by a former member of our organization and find them to be incredibly insensitive and not in alignment of who we are as an organization,\u201d the post read:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4736842105263\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Waukesha.We are aware of statements made by a former member of our organization and find them to be incredibly insensitive and not in alignment of who we are as an organization. Our organization does not support hate in any form<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DuPage Democrats (@DuPage_Dems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuPage_Dems\/status\/1462800388420157442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sommerkamp also confirmed the account that appeared the share the mocking tweets belonged to the Mary Lemanski who stepped down, the Fox report said.<\/p>\n<p>The group also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryLemanski\/status\/1462823967266385930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1462823967266385930%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> her statement of resignation, and Lemanski reportedly shared it on her page but later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryLemanski\/status\/1462823967266385930\">deleted<\/a> her account.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier post by Lemanski about the Christmas parade incident <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1462781256450682883\">said<\/a>,&nbsp;\u201cIt was probably just self-defense,\u201d accompanied by the hashtags \u201c#Wisconsin\u201d and \u201c#KyleRittenhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Illinois Dem blasted for calling Wisconsin Christmas rampage &#8216;karma&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/suZtZtbNGn\">https:\/\/t.co\/suZtZtbNGn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zfxwDWUt6C\">pic.twitter.com\/zfxwDWUt6C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1462781256450682883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Fox report:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>\u201cLiving in Wisconsin, he probably felt threatened,\u201d read another post attributed to Lemanski, referring to the SUV driver in the Waukesha case.&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m sure he didn\u2019t want to hurt anyone,\u201d she added. \u201cHe came to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The messages appeared to mock the self-defense argument that Rittenhouse and his defense team made during their recent trial \u2013 an argument with which a Wisconsin jury apparently agreed as they found the 18-year-old not guilty of murder in connection with two shooting deaths last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe blood of Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s victims is on the hands of Wisconsin citizens,\u201d she reportedly wrote, \u201ceven the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sad,\u201d another post read, according to Fox. \u201cI\u2019m sad anytime anyone dies. I just believe in Karma and this came around quick on the citizens of Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou reap what you sow, Wisconsin,\u201d yet another post reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users reacted to Lemanski\u2019s resignation, one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vic_Laginas\/status\/1462826336649629700\">writing<\/a>, \u201cYou reap what you sow, Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have offered your condolences, or even just said nothing. While people were still in shock trying to comprehend what had happened, you decided snark was the best path forward. Hopefully you learned a valuable lesson today,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FawkesForce5\/status\/1462827458407792640\">commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/vehicle-plows-into-christmas-parade-in-us-killing-multiple-victims\/\">drove<\/a> through barricades and into the parade, killing five people and wounding approximately 40 others on Sunday, AFP reported.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Holiday parade disaster leaves 5 dead, over 40 injured l GMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lYjXsnHGoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that 5 people are deceased and 40 are injured. However, these numbers may change as we collect additional information,\u201d the Waukesha Police Department said in a statement on its Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/21\/wisconsin-suv-plows-through-christmas-parade-at-least-30-injured\/\">adding<\/a> it had a \u201cperson of interest in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois Democrat who appeared to describe the parade tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin, as a form of payback for the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse has resigned, Fox News reported Monday. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}