I am not a Trump supporter nor do I support his groupies. But I do expect more decorum from both of our parties and both our current and recent president.
A social media account belonging to the Missouri Democratic Party appeared to promote the idea of setting fire to the home of an apparent avid Trump supporter in a now-deleted post.
On Monday, Democratic Party activist Jon Cooper took to X—the app formerly known as Twitter—to share a photo of a house covered in flags and signage supporting former President Donald Trump. Mr. Cooper included the caption "What would you do if this was your next-door neighbor?"
Mr. Cooper's X post garnered thousands of replies, including one from an official account for the Missouri Democratic Party, which read "The roof, the roof is on [fire], we don't need no water, let the 'insert your word' burn!" The X post also included the note, "#VoteBlue2024." The post from the Missouri Democratic Party account included fire emojis and appeared to be a reference to the 1984 song "The Roof is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three. The lyrics to the song go, "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don't need no water, let the [expletive] burn."
The post quickly garnered criticism from several prominent Republican and conservative figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).
"No big deal, just the official account of the Missouri Democrat Party openly calling to burn down the homes of Trump supporters," Mr. Trump said, sharing a screenshot of the Missouri Democratic Party's X post. In his own X post, Mr. Hawley said, "Here’s the Missouri Democrat Party advocating for a Trump supporter’s home to burn down. Sick. There’s no place for this kind of disgusting, violent rhetoric in Missouri."
The Missouri Democratic Party subsequently removed the message from its social media profile.
"It was inappropriate and was immediately taken down on our own initiative because it did not represent the need, even in these divided political times, for spirited yet constructive dialogue," Missouri Democratic Party Executive Director Matthew Patterson said in an emailed statement to NTD News. "The staff member in question has been appropriately reprimanded."
The Missouri Democratic Party declined a request for additional details about how the staff member in question was reprimanded.
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