By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-14 20:33:45 | Updated at 2024-11-22 03:38:29
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A foul-mouthed Connecticut teacher was forced to leave her dream job and resign after threatening to kill Donald Trump voters in a viral video.
Annie Dunleavy, 30, of Wallingford, was left feeling heartbroken after she resigned from Chapman Elementary School after receiving massive backlash over her threats.
'It’s my life’s dream to be a teacher,' Dunleavy, who worked as a Special Ed teacher, told News 8. 'I consider those kids to be my kids, and they fill that for me, and it’s just so fulfilling, so rewarding.
'And I really know that what people see right now, I don’t look like that person, but I truly would do anything to help any child and family in need.'
Dunleavy went viral after a video she had posted to a private Snapchat channel -where she said she would leave Trump supporters 'on a stretcher' if they 'tested their gangster' on her - made waves on the internet.
The elementary teacher was placed on a temporary leave from the school earlier this week as the institution investigated the matter.
Now, Dunleavy is regretting ever posting the video.
'I was in a moment of high emotion, and I shouldn’t have posted,' she told News 8. 'The message came off wrong.'
Annie Dunleavy, 30, of Wallingford, was left feeling heartbroken after she resigned from Chapman Elementary School, where she worked as a Special Ed teacher, after receiving massive backlash. 'I was in a moment of high emotion, and I shouldn’t have posted,' she said
Dunleavy went viral after a video (pictured) she had posted to a private Snapchat channel -where she said she would leave Trump supporters 'on a stretcher' if they 'tested their gangster' on her - made waves on the internet
What the educator said she meant to convey was how she believed a second Trump presidency would 'give people the permission in their minds to enact violence against women.'
'I wanted to say, I’m not going down without a fight. I will fight for myself, and if someone was to try to hurt me, I would protect myself,' she told the outlet.
Following her resignation, Cheshire Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Solan said in a statement: 'The comments on that video did not reflect the position of our school system.
'They were hurtful, deeply concerning, and ultimately undermined the faith that our community has placed in us,' he continued. 'Every student and family has the right to attend our schools free from the concern of political prejudice, let alone their safety.'
The Cheshire Board of Education Chair Samantha Rosenberg also released a statement, writing: 'The Board of Education is united in finding the teacher’s behavior reprehensible and unacceptable, and we are horrified and deeply offended by statements made in the video.'
In her video, Donleavy claims 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*** 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.
'The message came off wrong,' she said. What the educator said she meant to convey was how she believed a second Trump presidency would 'give people the permission in their minds to enact violence against women.'
Cheshire Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Solan said in a statement: 'The comments on that video did not reflect the position of our school system'
'[I'm] so serious nobody f**king talk to me unless you wanna swing - if you wanna fight text me call me, whatever, anybody else stay the f**k outta my face.'
'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,' she added.
She then finished her rant by asking Trump supporters to 'come forward... or leave, please, [there's] the door.'
Despite the threats Donleavy made in the video, the Cheshire Police will not be pressing criminal charges against her, according to News 8.
