USSA News: Minnesota Democrat Party Deputy Communication Director William Davis [] caused outrage on social media this time by attacking the US Navy, [calling the ship a "Murder Boat" in a now-deleted Tweet].
Oh, well then, since his Grandpa and Five Uncles served, that makes what he wrote much less disrespectful and more tolerable, right? I don't recall hearing a peep out of Davis during Obama's Covert Drone Program. That's different.
Davis' Twitter account appears to have vanished (at least at the time of publishing).
Stars And Stripes: MN Governor Tim Walz "appalled" at murder boat tweet.
USSA News (continued):
William Davis, below; image from MN DFL Staff, "About" page:What a sight! The future USS Minneapolis-St. Paul is launched in Marinette, WI. The @USNavy‘s news littoral combat ship (LCS 21) is designed to carry out close-to-shore missions. pic.twitter.com/h2s6RE2Frg
— Timothy Blotz (@TimBlotzFOX9) June 15, 2019
This seemingly noncontroversial tweet upset [TRIGGERED - DD] William Davis who then tweeted calling the new USS Minneapolis-St. Paul a “murder boat” and objected to the name of the combat ship.
via twitter @WilhelmDavis
Veterans were both confused and offended by the unprovoked attack from a top Minnesota Democrat worker.
Army Veteran Dave Thul, tweeted “So last week did you celebrate the 75th anniversary of a whole fleet of murder boats? Murder planes and murder parachutes?”
So last week did you celebrate the 75th anniversary of a whole fleet of murder boats? Murder planes and murder parachutes?
— Dave Thul (@davethul) June 16, 2019
Other veterans tried to contact Davis via Twitter but were soon blocked
As a former LCDR in the US Navy and citizen of MN, I find @WilhelmDavis comments greatly offensive. I look forward to the DFLs public apology.
— ShadeRanger (@ShadeRanger) June 16, 2019
Davis' Twitter account appears to have vanished (at least at the time of publishing).
Stars And Stripes: MN Governor Tim Walz "appalled" at murder boat tweet.
Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he is appalled by a state DFL Party staff member’s tweet referring to the recently launched USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul as a “murder boat.”CNS News: Davis' October 2018 "Guillotine" Tweet.
“Certainly, the disrespect shown is beyond the pale,” said Walz, who served in the Army National Guard.
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Walz, speaking to reporters Tuesday, added his outrage over Davis’s original tweet, saying “There are those that use the military for political points on this, and this is not the place to express your opinion when it comes to the christening of a ship that will have our naval personnel on it.”
When asked whether Davis should be suspended, Walz declined to comment on a human resources issue. But he added, “Not as governor, but as a veteran and Minnesotan — not acceptable.”
The DFL has removed Davis from the communications role, but he will continue as research director.
Minnesota Democratic staffer William Davis wrote a Facebook comment last week joking that Democrats should bring Republicans “to the guillotines.” Also, in the last seven days, two GOP candidates in Minnesota were attacked, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
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Davis has since deleted the comment. He has also been temporarily suspended without pay by the DFL, according to the Free Beacon.
However, Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan is “calling for his immediate firing in the aftermath of separate attacks against Republican candidates,” the Free Beacon wrote.
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