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Martin Pengelly in Washington

North Carolina schools candidate who called for Obama’s death put on the spot

A blond woman smiling at the camera.
Michele Morrow had also called for the executions of Joe Biden, Ilhan Omar, Roy Cooper, Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates. Photograph: Michele Morrow 4 NC

A far-right Republican candidate running to oversee public schools in North Carolina decried “extreme agendas that threaten our children’s future”, after being confronted by reporters over tweets in which she called for the executions of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

“Don’t let extreme agendas threaten our children’s future,” Michele Morrow said on social media on Thursday, posting an address in which she said she was “facing the most radical extremist Democrats [that] have ever run for superintendent in the history of North Carolina”.

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