A California woman has been fired from her job after using a racial slur against President Obama on Facebook and writing: “Maybe he will get assassinated this term.” Denise Helms, 22, later explained her comments in a news interview.

Denise Helms: “The assassination part is kind of harsh. And I don’t — like, I’m not saying like I would go do that or anything like that, by any means, but if it was to happen, I don’t think I would care one bit.”

The post by Helms was part of a barrage of racist references to President Obama on social media following his re-election last week.