Two election workers in Georgia were removed from their positions after officials discovered social media posts from one of them about storming the US Capitol on January 6 last year.
A spokesman for the Georgia secretary of state, the office that oversees elections, reportedly shared posts with the New York Times that included photographs of a woman named Laura Daube Kronen among protesters who attacked the Capitol building.
“I stood up for what’s right today in Washington, D.C.,” the post stated. “This election was a sham. Mike Pence is a traitor. I was tear gassed FOUR times. I have pepper spray in my throat. I stormed the Capitol Building. And my children have had the best learning experience of their lives.”
An official with Fulton County told the New York Times that a woman and her son were removed from their posts on Tuesday morning.
In a statement, Fulton County said they were alerted to the posts by another poll worker, who raised concerns about comments made by a fellow poll worker “during a virtual event on Sunday and on social media.”
That information was sent to Georgia’s secretary of state office, said Nadine Williams, Fulton County’s interim elections director, at a news conference on Tuesday.
The statement added that the decision to remove the poll workers was made “in alignment with our commitment to elections integrity.”
