Looks a local candidate (who is expected to become the next sheriff) gave Facebook members the wrong impression too: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "County Democratic leaders are in an uproar over a Facebook post made by a candidate for sheriff of Citrus County insinuating that a cardboard cutout of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton be used for “target practice.” (See cutout on link.)
On Sunday, Michael Klyap Jr. shared an Aug. 5 photo from the Citrus County FL Democrats Facebook page featuring the Clinton standee. The post was advertising the availability of lawn signs for supporters of Clinton. When Klyap shared the post on his personal Facebook page, which is public, he added a comment: “Need a back stop.” Klyap, who is running as a no-party candidate, commented a few minutes later on his post, saying: “Klyap for Sheriff will be holding a shoot for the star pistol competition in the near future. Start collecting your back stops. We will have the targets.” Klyap told a Chronicle reporter on Tuesday his comments “weren’t meant to be derogatory,” adding that backstops can be used “to stop anything,” from a baseball to a soccer ball. “It’s not intended to be used for shooting at Hillary Clinton,” he said. “They could do the same thing with a Trump poster.” Responding to a post from a follower suggesting he remove his “shoot for the star” comment, Klyap wrote: “Back stops could be anything. Not necessarily a Hillary poster. Thanks for watching my back.” Klyap acknowledged his Facebook readers may misinterpret what he posted earlier, but won’t delete it from his page. “If it’s misconstrued, I’m not going to apologize,” he said. “I don’t have any problems for what I say — that’s my First Amendment right.” Other comments on the picture include: “I could use a new target for my firearms” and “Bow practice target.” Wendy Williams, chair of the Citrus County Democratic Executive Committee, said Klyap made it “quite clear” what he thinks the cutout should be used for. “He thinks Hillary should be used for target practice,” said Williams, who was notified soon after Klyap shared her organization’s photo. “It shows lack of judgment and a lack of leadership for somebody running for public office, especially for somebody running for sheriff,” she said. Klyap said he does not believe his comments will affect his race for sheriff, and will leave them up for the people to interpret. “The people are going to judge what’s on the post,” he said. http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/klyap-flap-over-post ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ G Mann wrote: > To "do something about" is a pretty loose context subject to many > interpretations. > > Since Mrs. Clinton's stated positions on gun rights is openly completely > against the Bill of Rights, 2nd Amendment, I posit his intent was to urge > those who stand for 2nd Amendment to work against her and her position. > > Logic would indicate Mr. Trump would never openly or privately advocate a > "mafia type, do something about" intent. > > However, the media is hungry for any morsel of dirt that can be presented, > even if it has to twist the event, as we have seen on numerous recent > broadcasts. > > I suggest a betting pool to guess how many poll points he gains after he is > attacked on this, or, if so inclined, he loses. > > Being sporting men, of course. > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Maybe he just short-circuited for a second, it was just a glitch. But > > everything he said was truthful but perhaps a bit inarticulate. Tomorrow he > > can explain what he really said. > > > > --R (sent from my miniPad) > > > > On Aug 9, 2016, at 11:06 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > WILMINGTON, N.C., Aug. 9 (UPI)--At a rally in North Carolina Tuesday, > > Trump remarked that perhaps gun rights supporters could do something about > > the prospect of Hillary Clinton being elected in November. > > > > The U.S. Secret Service said it is "aware" of a remark made by GOP > > presidential nominee Donald Trump at a North Carolina campaign stop on > > Tuesday, which appeared to some a thinly-veiled quip about threatening > > Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with gun violence. > > > > It could potentially take a step unprecedented in American political > > history -- investigate one of the candidates it is assigned to protect. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
