Senior Democrat fires aide over post urging Trump shooter ‘don’t miss next time’

A staff member who worked for Democratic representative Bennie Thompson is no longer employed by the lawmaker after she allegedly posted “Don’t miss next time” in an apparent response to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Saturday.

The now-former case worker and field office manager at Thompson’s Natchez office, identified as Jacqueline Marsaw by reports, had resigned from her position shortly after her social media post started to circulate, local reports state.

Following theshooting incident at Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night that left the former president wounded, one spectator dead and others injured, the staff member allegedly wrote on her personal Facebook page comments such as “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking.”

The posts that have now been taken down were screenshotted by staff at the Mississippi GOP, who then posted them on X, and called on Thompson to fire the worker and for him to resign himself.

“I was made aware of a post made by a staff member, and she is no longer in my employment," the Mississippi congressman, who chaired the January 6 committee hearings, said in a statement to Fox News, but did not name the staffer.

Marsaw told the Natchez Democrat Saturday evening that she “got overwhelmed in the moment” and that she is “a diehard Democrat,” adding that her post was meant for comic value and not to be taken seriously.

Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten told the outlet that he received a call from Secret Service agents on Sunday saying that they needed assistance locating Marsaw.

The sheriff said that Marsaw fully complied with the federal agents and that the case will now be