Following the tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin where an SUV ploughed into a Christmas parade killing five people, a Democrat from Illinois named Mary Lemanski had apparently linked that incident to the recent acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in a series of tweets, Fox News reports.
According to the media outlet, Lemanski, who was listed as the social media director for the Democratic Party in DuPage County, Illinois and who has since resigned from her post, appeared to mock the self-defence argument used by Rittenhouse and his legal team.
"Living in Wisconsin, he probably felt threatened," she reportedly wrote in one of the tweets.
“It was probably just self-defence,” another message attributed to her said.
"The blood of Kyle Rittenhouse’s victims is on the hands of Wisconsin citizens, even the children," said another of her tweets cited by the media outlet.
She also reportedly wrote that while she's “sad anytime anyone dies,” she believes “in Karma and this came around quick on the citizens of Wisconsin."
Lemanski has apparently since deleted the tweets mentioned by Fox and complained about all the attention she received online following her remarks.
“Nobody cared about me like my whole life,” she tweeted. “My mom used to leave me for hours at a time alone in my play pen. I've put out music for 20 years nobody gave a sh*t. Why do people all of a sudden care about a stupid remark? I can't believe my 15 minutes of fame is for this sh*t.”
Her audience, however, did not appear particularly sympathetic towards her plight, mocking her and urging her to apologise.
Shortly afterwards, Lemanski apparently deleted her Twitter account.
On Sunday, 21 November, a red SUV ploughed into a crowd of people who gathered for a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, leaving at least five people dead and over 40 injured.