Councilwoman Resigns After Allegedly Telling Trump Supporter to Kill Herself in Facebook Spat That 'Got Way Out of Hand'

An Oklahoma councilwoman has resigned pursuing a arguable Facebook brushwood pinch a protagonist of President Donald Trump.

According to KOKH and The Oklahoman, city councilwoman Bree Montoya, who served nan 3rd ward of Norman — located astir 20 miles southbound of Oklahoma City — resigned connected Tuesday, Sept. 23, during a metropolis assembly meeting.

"In various capacities, I person served this organization since 2008 and I americium fresh to prosecute different interests. Effective immediately, I americium resigning arsenic assembly personnel for Ward 3," Montoya said during nan meeting, per nan outlets. "Thank you, Ward 3. It's been an grant to serve."

Attendees could beryllium heard clapping aft her announcement successful a video of nan gathering obtained by KOCO 5.

Montoya's resignation came aft a Facebook station she shared successful June garnered attraction online, astir 3 months aft it was first posted.

According to KOKH, Montoya was arguing pinch a woman, identified arsenic Audra Abbott, astir nan number of attendees successful a crowd astatine a "No Kings" arena — held astir nan U.S. to protestation Trump's management and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids connected June 14, to coincide pinch a subject parade to observe nan Army's 250th anniversary.

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A screenshot of nan now-deleted speech obtained by nan Daily Mail shows that aft Abbott sarcastically commented, "I'm judge you were taking attendance" astatine nan protest, Montoya allegedly wrote back, "Open a vein."

"Go on, put a weapon successful your rima and propulsion nan trigger," Montoya added.

"I saw that she was a metropolis assembly personnel wrong moments of her posting it and I was like, 'Wow, I can't judge an elected charismatic would talk for illustration that online,' " Abbott told KOKH.

"No 1 astatine metropolis hall, nary of nan group connected metropolis assembly seemed to beryllium concerned pinch immoderate of it," Abbott added.

The comments began to garner attraction online respective weeks later, and blimpish activists called for Montoya to beryllium removed from office.

Montoya besides shared an apology connected her Facebook page earlier making her relationship private, per nan Daily Mail.

"I want to apologize for comments I made from my individual Facebook relationship a fewer months ago," she wrote. "There are nary words to definitive really awful, inappropriate and unacceptable my comments were."

The erstwhile councilwoman added that nan statement "got measurement retired of hand," and she said she was "completely retired of line," per nan Daily Mail.

"I was instantly disgusted pinch myself and knew I had crossed an unimaginable line. I sent a nonstop apology soon after," she wrote. "To those I've wounded and are disappointed successful me, I americium genuinely sorry. I humbly inquire your forgiveness."

At nan caller metropolis assembly meeting, section residents expressed dismay astatine really nan business was handled, and they advocated for much rules to beryllium put successful spot for Norman metropolis assembly members.

"Sir, you were quiet astir this full situation, and I deliberation that conscionable speaks to your integrity," section resident Layne Brown said, addressing Norman Mayor Stephen Tyler Holman, per KOKH.

Paul Wilson, different section resident, called retired nan metropolis assembly for not having a codification of behaviour successful spot for its assembly members. "You guys tin coming it to council. I'm beautiful judge each 1 of you who has morals will o.k. it. Stop being nan only metropolis successful nan metro that doesn't person one," he said.

Montoya's word arsenic metropolis councilwoman began connected July 4, 2023, and was group to extremity connected July 6, 2027.

Following Montoya's resignation, her spot successful nan metropolis assembly is vacant, and Norman is taking applications for caller candidates until Oct. 2, per KOKH.