Airline suspends pilot who said Hillary Clinton should be hung
West Virginia lawmaker Michael Folk, who is also a pilot, has been suspended by United Airlines.
“This pilot has been removed from flying pending our investigation,” United posted on Twitter Sunday. “We are appalled by his threatening comments.”
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Folk, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, wrote on Twitter that Clinton should be tried for treason and then “hung on the mall in Washington, D.C.,” according to CNN. The post was deleted.
Folk declined to comment. Folk told CNN that he was being hyperbolic about Clinton.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.