WEST VIRGINIA: United Airlines Pilot/GOP Lawmaker Calls For Hillary Clinton To Be Hanged On DC’s Mall

From the Associated Press:

A West Virginia Republican lawmaker said Sunday his comments made on Twitter calling for Democrat Hillary Clinton’s public execution weren’t meant to be taken literally. House of Delegates member Mike Folk said that his tweet Friday over Clinton’s use of a private email system while she served as secretary of state was “hyperbole.”

In the tweet, Folk said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee “should be tried for treason, murder, and crimes against the US Constitution… then hung on the Mall in Washington, DC.” Folk said in a telephone interview he still wants Clinton to go on trial, but he doesn’t want her executed.

Folk is a United Airlines pilot. United Airlines said in a statement that it is investigating the comments. Folk declined comment on whether he’s spoken with the company, saying it was a private matter. He said he hasn’t directly talked with the state GOP party about it.

Democrats have called for Folk to resign, but he says he will not. At least he’s probably not going to work for United much longer.