{"id":2447763,"date":"2025-06-16T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gross-photo-dem-lawmaker-caught-calling-for-trumps-execution-same-day-as-mn-political-assassination\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:50:45","slug":"gross-photo-dem-lawmaker-caught-calling-for-trumps-execution-same-day-as-mn-political-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gross-photo-dem-lawmaker-caught-calling-for-trumps-execution-same-day-as-mn-political-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Gross Photo: Dem Lawmaker Caught Calling for Trump&#8217;s Execution Same Day as MN Political Assassination"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgross-photo-dem-lawmaker-caught-calling-for-trumps-execution-same-day-as-mn-political-assassination%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=2447763&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--><p>On a recent saturday, North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">state representative<\/a> Julie von Haefen sparked outrage when she made a controversial social media post calling for the assassination of former President Donald Trump. This occured on the same day that Minnesota&#8217;s former Democratic State House Speaker Melissa Hortman was shot and killed, alongside her husband, by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-of-slovakia-expected-to-survive-after-being-shot-multiple-times-in-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Slovakia&#039;s PM Expected to Survive After ... Attempt\">suspected assassin<\/a>.Von Haefen shared an image of a protester at an anti-Trump demonstration, holding a banner that depicted a bloody guillotine and severed heads, one of which resembled Trump. Following significant backlash and demands for her resignation, von Haefen acknowledged that her post was &#8220;inappropriate,&#8221; but did not apologize for the violent implication directed towards Trump. Criticism from fellow lawmakers, including republican Destin Hall, highlighted von Haefen&#8217;s rhetoric as risky and unbecoming of a legislative member, notably in light of recent political violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic North Carolina state representative ignited volcanic backlash after calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump on the same day that a Minnesota politician and her husband were assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Rep. Julie von Haefen posted a photo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-detention-for-alleged-proud-boy-whose-lawyer-blames-trump-for-capitol-incident\/\" title=\"Judge Orders Detention for Alleged Proud Boy Whose Lawyer Blames ... for Capitol Incident\">social media showing<\/a> a protester gleefully holding a flagpole banner with a grisly image of a bloody guillotine at the anti-Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-kings-protests-canceled-across-minnesota-targeted-assassinations-appear-linked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;No Kings&rdquo; protest<\/a> in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The banner bore the words, &ldquo;In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary.&rdquo; The flagpole was flanked by two prop decapitated heads, one of which resembled Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The other severed head had a Nazi swastika carved into its forehead. As a reminder, Democrats routinely attack Trump and other conservatives as &ldquo;Nazis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >horrific image essentially called<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-even-hiding-148-democrats-go-barring-non-citizens-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s assassination &mdash; an appalling incitement to violence considering he was nearly assassinated twice last year.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REP. Julie Von Haefen needs a restraining order. Shes sick and this is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats feed the mentally unstable. They are the reason. This is inciteful and disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>Read her sign. CONGRESS, I know she&rsquo;s a state Representative but she needs reprimanded like now. She&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3xY05AEgx\">pic.twitter.com\/G3xY05AEgx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alaskagirl (@Alaskacryptogi1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alaskacryptogi1\/status\/1934244336264179724?\">June 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Von Haefen&rsquo;s dangerous rhetoric was all the more inexcusable because on Saturday, former Democratic State House Speaker Melissa Hortman of Minnesota was shot to death, along with her husband, by suspected assassin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawmaker-shot-death-apparent-assassination-bongino-says-fbi-fully-engaged-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance Luther Boelter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and injured. Both couples were targeted at their respective homes.<\/p>\n<p>Amid widespread backlash and calls for her resignation, Julie von Haefen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/juliefornc\/posts\/pfbid02xN8z6DQhmSnAgfYDjmTUWBjUfEiUocHY5B2Yu21Bb1qWSWKAdyLaAexugNPTyMECl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conceded<\/a> on Sunday that her inflammatory post was &ldquo;inappropriate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tellingly, the Democrat did not apologize for inciting violence against the sitting president.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she vacantly parroted a banal condemnation of &ldquo;political violence in all forms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Calling for the president of the United States to be beheaded is un-democratic<\/p>\n<p>It should also be un-Democratic<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, it seems increasingly on-brand for today&rsquo;s Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fSo1UlIIRj\">https:\/\/t.co\/fSo1UlIIRj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1934118629039296935?\">June 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican Destin Hall, the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, slammed von Haefen&rsquo;s glorification of &ldquo;violence against her political opponents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her disgraceful behavior fails to meet the standards expected from House members and sets a dangerous precedent in an already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-trump-certainly-supported-an-insurrection-no-question-about-it\/\" title=\"Biden asserts ...&#039;s undeniable support for insurrection\">volatile political climate<\/a>,&rdquo; Hall wrote on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On the same weekend that a gunman in Minnesota targeted state lawmakers in an act of political violence, and after two attempted assassinations of President Trump within the past year, Representative von Haefen (D-Wake) d an image of a &ldquo;protest sign&rdquo; that glorifies violence&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Destin Hall (@ncspeakerhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncspeakerhall\/status\/1934370398709407969?\">June 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even if no one had been assassinated this weekend, von Haefen should be removed from the North Carolina House of Representatives following her tone-deaf call for Trump&rsquo;s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing her and other Democrats to continue spewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/threats-violence-swept-across-us-anti-trump-no-kings-mass-protests-occurred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent rhetoric<\/a> against their political opponents will only incentivize more assassination attempts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Saturday, Rep. Julie von Haefen shared a photo on social media featuring a protester joyfully displaying a banner with a disturbing image of a bloody guillotine at an anti-Trump rally in Raleigh, North Carolina. The banner included the phrase, &#8220;In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary,&#8221; and was accompanied by two prop decapitated heads-one resembling Trump and another marked with a Nazi swastika. This shocking imagery effectively called for Trump&#8217;s assassination, which is particularly alarming given that he narrowly escaped two assassination attempts last year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2447764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/von-Haefen.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57232,57231,57234,57233],"class_list":["post-2447763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dem-lawmaker","tag-gross-photo","tag-mn-political-assassination","tag-trumps-execution"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/von-Haefen.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447763","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447767,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447763\/revisions\/2447767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2447764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}