House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik called for the resignation of a local New York official in her district who allegedly compared the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump to “putting down a rabid dog” in a since-deleted social media post.
Stefanik (R-NY) called on Potsdam Town Council member Christine Paige to step down amid the blowback over the incendiary remarks that were made last month.
“Far Left Democrats supporting political violence and the assassination of President Trump are shameful and do not deserve to represent the great people of the North Country,” Stefanik said in a statement obtained by The Post.
“Potsdam Town Board Member Christine Paige must be condemned by the NY Democrat State Party and she must resign in disgrace after she said shooting President Trump would be like ‘putting down a rabid dog,’” she added.
Paige’s comments came in a Facebook conversation after the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pa. that killed one person and severely injured two others took place.
“I have seen no credible proof that [Trump is] a human being. Maybe you know something we don’t. To me, it would be akin to putting down a rabid dog,” Paige wrote, according to screenshots.
The gunman’s bullet nicked Trump’s right ear, drawing blood from the president in a first since the 1981 assassination attempt against former President Ronald Reagan.
Paige, who joined the council in 2023, declined to apologize for her attack against Trump and cited her right to free speech as an excuse, the North Country Now reported.
Local politicians rebuked her in response. Potsdam Town Council Supervisor Marty Miller, a Democrat, issued a lengthy denunciation.
“I can tell you firsthand this selfish act of one person’s satisfaction has been a nightmare for me and the rest of the Board the last couple of weeks,” Miller said in a statement.
“Even the staff at the Town Hall has had to put up with phone calls, voicemails, and emails, taking us all away from our daily duties as representatives of the Town of Potsdam,” the town supervisor added.
But Miller acknowledged that the town lacks the authority to jettison one of its own members.
“It is not within the power of the Town Government to remove a current Elected Official. The law prohibits the Board from ousting someone,” he explained.
The Post has contacted Paige for comment. Fox News first reported Stefanik’s response.
