A New Jersey Democrat is refusing to resign after a post-Election Day tweet referencing Abraham Lincoln's assassination surfaced Wednesday.
Chris Emrich, a member of Collingswood's Democratic Committee, made what he claims was a "stupid" remark when responding to critics of The Lincoln Project, a committee of Republicans against the reelection of President Trump, according to a copy of the tweets obtained by Fox News.
After a Twitter user dubbed the group the "Stinkin' Project" Emrich replied, "need a John Wilkes Booth Project imo," according to a copy of the tweets.
Emrich's tweet is a reference to the man who assassinated former President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in April 1865.
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