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Original: A Connecticut elementary school teacher was placed on temporary leave after a video of her threatening people who voted for President-Elect Donald Trump was shared on social media.
Cheshire Schools Superintendent Jeff Solan announced the decision on Monday, Nov. 11, and said the New Haven County school district is investigating the incident.
In the minute-long video, the teacher repeatedly threatens violence against those who helped elect Trump to his second term.
“Just because you won doesn’t mean you’re in the clear,” she says in the video. “Just please, please don’t test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher. Gone — forever. So serious. Nobody f**king talk to me unless you want to (fight)."
Solan said that the special education teacher shared the video in a private Snapchat group message, but someone recorded her tirade and posted it online. He did not identify the woman or the school where she works. However, both were shared on social media.
The teacher repeatedly says she is prepared to "swing" on any Trump voters who confront her.
“If people of color, and poor people, and gay people, and all the people I care about aren’t going to be safe in America,” she said. “Neither the f**k are you.”
The controversial X account @LibsOfTikTok shared the video with its 3.7 million followers on Monday, which caused a deluge of angry calls and emails to the Cheshire School District, Solan said.
"It is immediately clear that it will be impossible to conduct business as usual for our students and staff without temporarily removing the teacher from the building, so we have done so until the outcome of the investigation," he wrote in an email to parents.
Solan said the district had not received any threats, but he increased security at its schools out of an abundance of caution.
In an email to Cheshire School teachers and staffers last week, Solan said discussing politics was encouraged as long as everyone remained civil and respected each other's opinions to set a good example for students.
Solan said her comments do not reflect those of the school district.
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