A member of a New Jersey school board is facing calls to resign after a Facebook post he made about Reps. Rashida Tliab and Ilhan Omar have come to light. Daniel Leonard, a member of the Toms River Board of Education in New Jersey, made a post where he referred to Omar as a “terrorist,” and in another, he says his “life would be complete” if Tlaib were dead.

A concerned citizen flagged the posts and sent them to the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Leonard, at a school board meeting Wednesday, announced that he would not resign, according to CAIR-NJ Executive Director James Sues' comments to HuffPost.

“He’s very unrepentant,” Sues said. “He didn’t seem to make the connection why this would be harmful.”

Leonard also announced his intention to stay on the board via his Facebook page, while continuing more of his anti-Islam rhetoric.


“I will not give into fear or intimidation by any one person or organization!” Leonard wrote on Facebook Thursday. “I am Anti-Sharia Law not Anti-Islam …… Congresswoman Omar has said terrible things about our nation while refusing to condemn Radical Islam …… Her District is the #1 Terror Recruitment Spot in the entire Nation!”

Despite Leonard's confident use of the statistics, the Star Tribune reported last year that although the area has seen a high level of terror recruitment in the past, it’s been steadily declining in the last several years.

“The bigoted views expressed by Mr. Leonard have no place in an educational system that seeks to celebrate diversity and encourage students of all faiths and backgrounds to excel scholastically and to make positive contributions to our society,” Sues said in a statement.

Even with his push to stay on the board, Joseph Nardini, president of the Toms River school board, issued a statement stripping him of his committee assignment and calling for his resignation.

“I do not condone ― and in fact denounce ― the social media posts shared by my colleague and fellow Board Member Daniel Leonard,” Nardini wrote in his statement. “We must lead by example and set an example to our students and community that reflect our goals, ideals and vision for the future of this District.”

Leonard's seat for the school board is up for re-election this November.

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