The Advocate, Wadsworth says the video was taken out of context, but she’s not walking back her criticism of Trump. “I absolutely believe that he was derelict in his duty to the American people,” she says.
She has deleted the video, but someone apparently recorded it because copies are still circulating, including on her opponent’s website.And the reactions the video has drawn go far beyond critiques of Wadsworth’s message or tone. “We hope that tragedy befalls you, and you die a horrible and painful death,” one online commenter wrote; Wadsworth shared screen shots of this and other comments, plus recordings of threatening voice mails, with The Advocate.