The mayor of Dayton where nine people were slain in a mass shooting says a round-the-clock security detail was assigned to her because of hate-filled messages she received following verbal sparring with President Donald Trump after his visit to a Dayton hospital earlier this month.
The Dayton Daily News reports Trump after his Aug. 7 visit called a news conference Mayor Nan Whaley held with Ohio’s Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown “a fraud.”
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Whaley responded in an interview with CNN that Trump is a “bully and a coward.”
The newspaper reports it reviewed dozens of messages regarding Whaley that contained abusive language and expletive-laced insults.
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The messages prompted city officials to assign Whaley the police security detail.
Dayton police say there were no specific threats directed toward Whaley.
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