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A shocking comment led to the swift firing of a radio host this week.
On Wednesday, Chuck Bonniwell — who co-hosted a conservative talk show with his wife, Julie Hayden, on Colorado’s 710 KNUS station — made an insensitive attempt at a joke, telling listeners that he wished for a “nice school shooting” to take over the news cycle and distract from coverage of PresidentDonald Trump‘simpeachment.
According to anaudio clipof the segment, Bonniwell laughed while starting a discussion about the “never-ending impeachment of Donald Trump.”
“You know, you wish for a nice school shooting to interrupt the monotony,” he said, chuckling as Hayden cut him off.
“No, no, don’t even — don’t even say that,” Hayden said. “No, don’t even say that. Don’t call us. Chuck didn’t say that.”
Bonniwell can be heard trying to walk back his words, claiming he didn’t want anyone to be hurt.
Bonniwell and Hayden did not immediately return PEOPLE’s requests for comment. A spokesperson for KNUS had no further comment.
In a since-deleted tweet from theChuck & Julieaccount, Bonniwell issued a statement acknowledging that the remark was “inappropriate,” according to theDenver Post.
“Regarding the @710KNUS situation. Chuck Bonniwell has this comment. ‘I made an inappropriate comment meant as a joke. I’m sorry it was not received that way,'” the tweet reportedly read.
On Wednesday night, the House of Representativesvoted to impeachPresident Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in connection with his Ukraine scandal. Trump allegedly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating Biden while withholding $400 million in military aid and a meeting between the world leaders at the White House. However, Trump continues to claim he did nothing wrong during the July 25 phone call with Zelensky that sparked the impeachment investigation.
Trump will face a trial in the Senate to determine whether he’ll be removed from office. No U.S. president has ever been removed from office because of an impeachment; both President Bill Clinton and President Andrew Johnson were acquitted after their impeachments.
source: people.com
