A Connecticut special education teacher who vowed to put Donald Trump supporters "on a stretcher" resigned Wednesday.
"Just because you won doesn't mean we don't remember who the f--- you voted for. You're not in the clear. Please don't test your gangster on me because you will end [up] on a stretcher – gone, forever," Chapman Elementary School teacher Annie Dunleavy of Cheshire, Connecticut, threatened in a now-viral video shared on X by the Libs of TikTok.
The message came following last week's presidential election in which Trump beat Kamala Harris. The clip has garnered more than 8 million views since it was posted Monday.
Cheshire police confirmed they were investigating the threats in the video made by Dunleavy, according to WTIC-TV.
On Wednesday, Dunleavy sat down exclusively with WTNH-TV to announce her resignation as the polarizing clip continues to sweep the internet.
"I was in a moment of high emotion, and I shouldn't have posted," Dunleavy told the station. "The message came off wrong, which was if this is going to 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.'"
Amid calls for her firing, the school district attempted to distance itself from Dunleavy's statements, issuing an apology to the community.
"The Cheshire Public Schools has a rich tradition of tremendous educators who welcome all students and families with respect and appreciation. The comments on that video did not reflect the position of our school system," the district said, in part, according to WTIC.
"They were hurtful, deeply concerning, and ultimately undermined the faith that our community has placed in us. Every student and family has the right to attend our school free from the concern of political prejudice let alone their safety."
