Burlington House candidate called for Obama to be hanged in Tweet

BURLINGTON — In April Michael McGarghan, a candidate for state representative in Burlington’s Chittenden 6-1 district, tweeted “Take that traitor Obama & hang him from the neck until he’s dead!”

In an interview Monday, McGarghan, 49, said it might have been “a little harsh” to call for the president’s death by hanging, but he stood by his assertion that Obama is a traitor.

“It’s a citizen voicing frustration. It’s not an act that can be done. It’s meant as a point of frustration,” McGarghan said.

The Tweet is one of a handful from McGarghan that denounce the president, promote conspiracy theories about him and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton or contain anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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Mike McGarghan, candidate for Vermont House of Representatives. Courtesy photo