PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The president of the Slippery Rock Area School Board was called on to resign by several community members Monday evening for Facebook posts they said were an “unhinged rant” about how people voted in last week’s presidential election.

Residents during a heated public comment period inside the Slippery Rock Area Middle School library pushed Heather Scott to resign from her position on the board, citing a post in which Scott expressed disappointment in the outcome of the presidential election, calling those who voted for president-elect Donald Trump “selfish,” followed by two expletives. Another post from 2022 shows she donated to a fundraiser held by The Satanic Temple to protect abortion access.

The two posts were recently highlighted by Slippery Rock Borough Mayor Jondavid Longo, an outspoken Trump supporter, on his Facebook and X accounts.

“The posting in question is offensive on multiple levels,” Gregory Schiller, the board’s vice president, said during public comment. “Setting aside the coarse language used to describe persons who the poster disagrees with, the posting is a prime example of the inflammatory political discourse many are trying to get rid of. Such a posting by a school board member does not represent the values we are trying to instill in our students in our community.”

Schiller, along with other school directors and residents, asked Scott to resign.

In response, Scott said she would consider comments made at the meeting and inform the school board of any decisions regarding her board position at a future date.

“I am sorry the post has upset so many of you as has my one-time donation to a cause I believe in,” Scott said. “I stand by my feelings and opinion, though, as I do have a right to that. I did not encourage violence, I did not use any slurs, I did not say I was bringing my politics to school. You have a right to your beliefs as do I to mine.”

Controversy surrounding Scott, who has been on the board since 2014, came after a post Nov. 7, two days after the election, in which Scott wrote on her private Facebook that she was “numb.” That post was later screenshot and shared publicly.

“For any of my friends on here who voted for him — kindly remove yourself today,” she wrote about Trump. “It’s not a political disagreement, it’s a moral and ethical divide that can’t be overcome.”

Scott continued, writing that economies “ebb and flow,” that immigration “can be addressed” and that those who oppose abortion shouldn’t have the right to take the choice away from others or tie the hands of doctors who perform the procedure.

Another post from 2022 shows Scott was one of three people to donate to a fundraiser supporting abortion access hosted by one of her Facebook friends.

But the posts were highlighted Friday by Longo. He declined to comment further on the situation, instead pointing to his own posts on Facebook and X.

In his Friday Facebook post, Longo wrote that Scott’s opinions do “not represent who we are as a people or school district and we wholeheartedly reject her twisted worldview.”

He expanded that statement on X, saying that Scott makes decisions for children and regarding the use of taxpayer dollars.

“She is one of many thousands across America who have infiltrated our institutions and are responsible for leading our country off the rails. Now that we have won the Presidency, House, and Senate, I PRAY you all will keep this energy and motivation when going into the 2025 and 2026 elections so we can expel folks like these from local offices and truly Make America Great Again,” Longo wrote, citing Trump’s election slogan. Republicans are still four seats away from having control of the U.S. House, although they have taken control of the U.S. Senate.

“It doesn’t end with the federal government,” he added. “We need to win from the bottom up if we want to save this country.”

During the board meeting Longo, whose children do not attend Slippery Rock Area School District, expanded on his comments, focusing on the donation to The Satanic Temple and reading a quote from the Bible.

“To see this going on in this strong Christian community is an affront to God and it’s an affront to me as a father and as the fathers of these little kids here that have no protection when they’re in school,” Longo said.

In response someone in the audience yelled “separation of church and state.”

Still others in the community supported Longo, also calling for Scott to resign.

Resident John Sabo, like Longo, pointed to the assassination attempt on Trump during a July 13 Butler rally.

“We need to be able to be people here that can say we can have a disagreement on who I’m going to vote for, who you’re going to vote for, and conduct ourselves appropriately,” Sabo said. “If we’re in a leadership position it’s important for us to conduct ourselves the right way and if we’re [not] doing that that’s not acceptable.”

Others defended her.

“We have people in the country who are, yes, frightened of what’s going to happen,” Regina Greenwald said. “Heather was one of those frightened people. She has a right as well as anyone has the right … to be concerned and she is in her own way concerned.”

Scott’s husband, John Scott, pointed to her time on the school board, saying that she played a key role in reopening schools during the pandemic and before that served as a volunteer at book fairs on the PTO.

“I’m not here to defend her,” Scott said of his wife. “She’s a strong and independent woman. But to throw away everything she’s done over this is just crazy.”

But since Scott’s posts have been shared, Mr. Scott said that “for the first time I feel uncomfortable living in my own house.”

After the meeting, Scott said her address has been shared on X, receiving over 2,000 views. She’s also received “some rather nasty comments and wishes for things that would happen to me.”

Scott now has one meeting left as board president before the Dec. 3 reorganization meeting. She added that she had not intended to run for president again even before the posts were shared. Scott also has one year left in her term. Like her presidency, Scott was already considering not seeking reelection prior to the controversy.

She added that her post regarding the election came during the “heat of the moment.”

“Do I wish that maybe I hadn’t used those words? Yeah,” Scott said. “But I’m still entitled to feel how I feel and I’m still upset about the election. But maybe I would have changed the vocabulary had I known it was going to be screenshot and posted elsewhere.”