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Turlock Woman Fired for Obama Threat on Facebook

By Marijke Rowland, MODESTO BEE

Credit: Modesto Bee - PATTY GUERRA/pguerra@modbee.com

Turlock resident Denise Helms

November 9, 2012 Updated Nov 9, 2012 at 2:55 PM PDT

A Turlock woman who posted inflammatory comments on Facebook about President Barack Obama has been fired from her job and reported to the U.S. Secret Service.

Turlock resident Denise Helms, 22, posted shortly after the president's re-election Tuesday on her Facebook page, "And another 4 years of the (n-----). Maybe he will get assassinated this term..!!"

The post quickly made the rounds on social media, prompting Sacramento TV station Fox 40 to interview her about her comments Wednesday night.

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