RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A North Carolina state representative said a social media photo she posted Saturday of a sign at a Raleigh “No Kings” protest was “inappropriate” and has since removed the image.
Representative Julie von Haefen (D-36) posted a photo of a woman holding a sign of a guillotine flanked by two life-sized heads, one of which resembled President Donald Trump.
The photo, which appeared to insinuate the beheading of President Trump, was included in a video along with several other photos from “No Kings” protests. Under the guillotine, the sign said, “In these difficult times some cuts may be necessary.” The other head dangling from a pole was a man with a Nazi symbol carved into his forehead.
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“Yesterday, I posted a video on social media containing crowd photos from the No Kings protest in Raleigh. One of the images of a protestor holding a sign was inappropriate, and I later edited the video to remove the photo,” von Haefen said in a statement Sunday to CBS 17…