Cal Lutheran says Libs of TikTok viral post in which professor wishes Trump dead is fake
LA TimesSoiland Humanities Center at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. The school says police are investigating after Libs of TikTok falsely implied that exercise science professor Louise Kelly had made “inappropriate and intolerable” comments. The photos appeared to show that Kelly commented on Facebook that she wished former President Trump would be killed in a future assassination attempt and that she’d do it herself if she “wasn’t so far away.” According to Mark Berry, a spokesman for Cal Lutheran, Kelly said she never made those comments, adding that, upon closer inspection, it appeared to both the professor and the university that the image with the comments was doctored. Libs of TikTok tagged both Cal Lutheran and the Secret Service in its post and above the original social media post wrote “Hi @CalLutheran this one of your employees?” The Libs’ post received 1.3 million views as of Wednesday evening, drawing outrage online and in real life. “Cal Lutheran is also in communication with local authorities regarding this egregious action and ensuing comments against Professor Kelly and the institution,” the statement said.
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