Teacher suspended in CT over ‘threatening to kill’ Trump voters considers entering politics

Annie Dunleavy, 30, was previously a special education teacher at Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire, Connecticut, and left her position after her controversial video led to public backlash. In the video, Dunleavy made statements such as threatening to leave Trump supporters "on a stretcher... forever" and warned people not to "test their gangster” on her. She also said that the people she cares about “aren’t gonna be safe in America” so “neither the f*** are you guys.”

“Just because you won doesn't mean we don't remember who the f**k you voted for you're not in the clear... please, please don't test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher - gone, forever,” Dunleavy said in the video.

“'[I'm] so serious nobody f***ing talk to me unless you wanna swing - if you wanna fight text me call me, whatever, anybody else stay the f*** outta my face,” she continued. “If you voted for Trump literally, please delete me, block me, get rid of everything of me - or step to me, so that I know what's up and I can handle you how I see fit.”

After the video went viral online, Dunleavy was put on leave. Shortly after, she quit her job entirely.

In the aftermath of the viral video, Dunleavy was interviewed by her local News 8 about the incident. There, she issued an apology and was also asked if she would consider “running for office or getting involved in something that would perhaps lead to change” instead of posting videos online.

“Yes, I think that (venting on social media) was my initial thought of how I could make a change and how I could share my views, and clearly that is not the right way to go about it,” she responded.

Dunleavy explained in the interview that her video was not meant to be a threat. However, she acknowledged how it could be interpreted.

“I hope that people know I am not a danger, I would never hurt anyone, I have never hurt anyone unless my safety was in danger - and that was the point I was trying to get across,” she explained. “But I completely understand why it was taken a different way.”

Dunleavy continued by saying she was trying to convey her opinion that another Trump presidency would “give people the permission in their minds to enact violence against women.”

“I wanted to basically just say like, I'm not going to go down without a fight. I will fight for myself and if someone was to try to hurt me I would do what I had to do to protect myself,” she claimed. “That all came out in a very aggressive tone and a very aggressive manner because of the you know emotional state I was in at the moment.”