Wisconsin teacher placed on leave over ‘make Americans great assassins again’ post
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A Wisconsin teacher has been placed on leave after controversial comments in which he said he was “unimpressed by the recent presidential assassinations.”
Kaukauna High School social studies teacher Patrick Meyer suggested that the four men who successfully assassinated a U.S. president — John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and Lee Harvey Oswald — should be turning in their graves after their last failed attempt to kill a president.
“I’m not impressed with the recent spate of presidential assassins. It’s a fucking shame! Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald, they must all be turning in their graves! MAGAA (make Americans great assassins again)! Sad!” Meyer said in a later-deleted post on X that he appeared to be mocking President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again, or MAGA, slogan.
The Kaukauna Area School District released a statement Monday saying it had been notified of the assignment and placed Meyer, who had worked as a teacher in the district for more than 20 years, on administrative leave.
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Cole Tomas Allen lies face down on the ground as he is taken into custody by law enforcement following a shooting in Washington, DC. (@realDonaldTrump via Truth Social)
“The district has placed the employee on administrative leave and is taking additional actions to investigate the matter in accordance with its policies and procedures,” the district wrote.
“The Kaukauna Area School District is committed to providing a safe and supportive learning environment for all students, families, and staff and unequivocally rejects any conduct, expression, or conduct that may encourage, condone, or promote violence of any kind,” the statement said. The statement was included.
The district also said the content of the social media post “is not related to the Kaukauna Area School District and there is no evidence of a risk to the safety of our students and schools.”
The Justice Department has charged Cole Tomas Allen in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Fox News Digital has reached out to the district for additional comment. Fox News Digital has also reached out to Meyer for comment.
Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wisc., said on social media: “This type of disgusting rhetoric has no place in our society and does not represent our values at #WI08. This is not an example our teachers should be setting for Northeast Wisconsin students.”
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The comments come amid growing concerns about political violence following the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C.
