A Facebook Obama Slur has resulted in a woman in a California fired, after she said that she said that she hoped someone would assassinate President Barack Obama on his second run.
Denise Helms, 22, of Turlock, California posted the inflammatory comments on the social media site shortly after the president's re-election on Tuesday. The Secret Service is looking into the threat.
"Another 4 years of this [N-word]. Maybe he will get assassinated this term," Helms wrote on her Facebook wall. She later deleted the post but it was online long enough to be seen by a handful of people and, from there, spread like wild fire.
"I didn't think it would be that big of a deal," Helms told FOX40 Sacramento. "The assassination part is kind of harsh. I'm not saying I'd go do that or anything like that, by any means, but if it was to happen I don't think I'd care one bit."
After the Facebook Obama slur went viral, Helms' workplace at Cold Stone Creamery decided it needed to respond. Helms was fired. Store director Chris Kegle says the comments are disgusting.
'"The employee is no longer w/the company. We were as shocked as you were by her outrageous & completely unacceptable comments," the official Coldstone Twitter account wrote to a commenter on Thursday. The store where she worked reportedly received 20 angry voicemails and Facebook posts in response to Helms' Facebook Obama slur, the Modesto Bee reported.
