An Illinois Democratic staffer brazenly mocked the Waukesha SUV tragedy that killed five and injured dozens in Wisconsin on Sunday, sarcastically equating the incident to Kyle Rittenhouse's highly-publicized acquittal last week.
'It was probably just self-defense,' Mary Lemanski, 46, reportedly the social media director for the Democratic Party in DuPage County, wrote on Twitter Sunday night in the wake of the Wisconsin attack, in the first of a string of since-deleted, scornful posts.
'Living in Wisconsin, he probably felt threatened,' Lemanski continued in her late-night tirade, referring to the SUV driver in the Waukesha case.
'I'm sure he didn't want to hurt anyone,' she added. 'He came to help people.'
Illinois Democratic staffer set off social media with a string of since-deleted social media posts Sunday night mocking the tragic attack on a parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that saw at least five people die
The posts seemed to make light of the successful self-defense argument that 18-year-old Rittenhouse and his defense team made during the teen's recent trial over two shooting deaths in Kenosha last year - which saw a Wisconsin jury find the defendant not guilty Friday.
'The blood of Kyle Rittenhouse's victims is on the hands of Wisconsin citizens,' the Democratic staffer sniped in another scornful post.
'Even the children,' she further declared.
Mary Lemanski, 46, has worked for the Democratic Party in DuPage County since 2018 as the association's social media director
The DuPage Democrat then offered onlookers her own perspective on the Sunday attack.
'I'm sad,' Lemanski shared later that night. 'I'm sad anytime anyone dies.'
'I just believe in Karma and this came around quick on the citizens of Wisconsin.'
Then, in another, more judgmental, message directed to the citizens of the state that saw both of the contentious attacks, the staffer proclaimed, 'You reap what you sow, Wisconsin.'
She added: 'It's sad people died, but when you open the door to vigilante justice, everyone seems threatening.'
The Democratic Party of DuPage county's website lists Lemanski as a current staffer and 'DuPage Dems'
