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Annie Dunleavy, a special education teacher for the Cheshire School District, submitted her immediate resignation from Chapman Elementary on Wednesday, Nov. 13, two days after being placed on temporary leave, school officials said.
She shared the minute-long viral video in a private group message on Snapchat, but someone recorded it and leaked it online. In it, she expressed anger over Trump’s re-election and said she would "swing" on any of his voters who confronted her.
“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)."
She said she was disgusted by Trump's rhetoric on women and minorities.
“If people of color, poor people, 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.”
Cheshire School Superintendent Jeff Solan, who had called her comments "hurtful" and "deeply concerning," said the fallout from the video took time and resources away from the mission of the education system: teaching children.
"As a leader of this school system, I feel terrible for the angst that this has caused our community and I look forward to returning our focus on the great work that our educators perform every day," he wrote in a message to parents on Wednesday.
He also asked for patience as the investigation into the incident is completed. However, many detractors online are now calling for his resignation or firing for mishandling the situation.
In an interview with WTNH, Dunleavy said she was upset when she made the video and misspoke her intentions and feelings.
“I was in a moment of high emotion, and I shouldn’t have posted,” Dunleavy told News 8’s Dennis House. “The message came off wrong, which was if this is going to give people the permission in their minds to enact violence against women, I wanted to say I’m not going down without a fight. I will fight for myself, and if someone was to try to hurt me, I would protect myself.”
Dunleavy said it was her dream to be a teacher. She agreed to the interview to show people she is not the person in that video.
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