Ambler official resigns after controversial Facebook post after murder of Charlie Kirk – 6ABC

AMBLER, Pa. (WPVI) — A Montgomery County Democratic official has resigned from one of her positions after her social media comments set off a wave of response. Ambler Tax Collector Jennifer Stomsky made comments pointed at her own Democratic Party after the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk. One expert says situations like this have been unfolding across the country. “Obviously America is polarized, probably more polarized than any time in my lifetime,” said Chris Satullo, director of the “Can we Talk?” program, which is operated by the non-partisan, nonprofit Committee of 70. America has seen political tensions escalate by violent acts, but speaking in the aftermath of those acts can have its own political consequences. Stomsky’s now-deleted post calls on people in her own Democratic party to “get a expletive spine.” The post went on to say, “I’m so tired of being told that violence isn’t the answer…. History is filled with blood.” Replying to a commenter on her post, Stomsky wrote, “Let’s make some more martyrs.” “I think when people start thinking about that, you turn democracy into the Hatfields and the McCoys,” said Chris Satullo, who adds comments like those can spread quickly in the age of
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