The mayor of Saint John, N.B., says his family has been harassed and attacked in response to his job.
Don Darling divulged in a now-deleted Facebook post that he has been “verbally attacked” and received death threats in the past but that someone has recently crossed the line by attacking his family.
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“To the cowards that feel like taking out your issues on my family, you’ve crossed the line. This includes verbal and now multiple occasions of physical assault,” wrote Darling.
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Global News has reached out to the mayor in order to confirm the details, but he has yet to respond.
The mayor challenged anyone who had a problem with him to contact him.
“This job is already very difficult on my family, and they should not have to go through this, too,” Darling wrote.
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