(DC Pundit) – If you’ve ever wondered what unhinged political extremism looks like in the flesh, or at least on Facebook, look no further than Waterville Senior High School in Maine. That’s where English teacher JoAnna St. Germain decided to take a break from grading essays and instead post an unfiltered screed on social media openly calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump and, for good measure, the elimination of anyone who supports him.
Yes, seriously.
In a now-public Facebook post, St. Germain didn’t just flirt with dangerous rhetoric, she cannonballed straight into it. “The Secret Service has the perfect opportunity, if they choose to step up and take it,” she wrote, in reference to targeting President Trump. She added, “You are the ones with power. Coordinate. Take out every single person who supports Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional acts. Look at the sycophants and give them what they’re asking for.”
You might think a statement like that would send someone scrambling to delete their profile and issue a hasty apology. Not St. Germain. Instead, she proudly declared, “I made this post knowing I’d likely lose my job and benefits.” In her world, fantasizing about violence is some kind of moral high ground.
For those keeping score at home: publicly inciting political violence is a fireable offense in most normal professions, but this teacher seems to believe she’s on a sacred mission.
In the same disturbing rant, she tried to justify her statement by arguing that it wouldn’t actually be an assassination. “A president is a person duly elected by the American people,” she claimed, then asserted, “Trump has shamelessly bragged openly about stealing the election. He is making plans to give himself a third term.” Right, because nothing says “upholding democracy” like advocating for a bloodbath.
Waterville teacher calls for Trump supporters to be assassinated.
"If I had the skill set required, I would take them out myself." pic.twitter.com/LiyLsdzY9c
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) April 30, 2025
As the backlash grew online, St. Germain didn’t pump the brakes. Instead, she doubled down and even posted a second statement attempting to soften her stance, not by apologizing, but by clarifying who she wanted dead.
“I have no beef with Republicans, I have no beef with MAGA,” she wrote. “I meant that those in the room with Trump, who are permitting and approving his egregious actions, need to be held accountable.”
Sounds like someone’s trying to have her political violence cake and eat it too.
She followed that with more self-righteous rage: “I have zero shame about what I’ve said. I believe Trump and every sycophant he has surrounded himself with (this is not you—if you’re reading this, this doesn’t apply to you. You are beneath his notice and mine) needs to die.” For a woman claiming to love everyone, her social media feed reads more like a manifesto.
St. Germain even went so far as to compare President Trump’s administration to Nazi Germany, writing, “I believe this with the same forceful belief that Hitler and his sycophants needed to die, before they murdered six million innocent Jewish persons.” Of course, Trump has not murdered six million people, but don’t let that stop a modern-day public school teacher from rewriting history to fit her narrative.
She later posted again, preemptively denying she suffers from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which is generally the first clue that someone does, in fact, suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Her final message? A foul-mouthed parting shot to anyone offended by her unhinged rant: “If you’re mad at this post, knowing that I just threw away a decade of experience teaching the truth, fully knowing that my superintendent will have to fire me? If you’re mad that I’m speaking truth to power? F*** you. I’ll still take a bullet to keep your child safe.”
Well, that’s comforting.
As of Wednesday evening, St. Germain was still listed on the staff page of Waterville Senior High School. No official word yet on whether school officials plan to respond, but one would hope that calling for the assassination of a sitting U.S. president would be enough to merit more than a slap on the wrist.
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