California mayor who compared Trump backers to KKK dies in plane crash: report

Fox News ^ | 04/18/2020 | Dom Calicchio

[Olog-hai]

A California mayor who recently said he would resign over social media posts comparing Trump supporters to members of the Ku Klux Klan was killed in a plane crash Saturday, according to a report.

Auburn Mayor Bill Kirby was identified as the person killed when a small plane went down near Auburn Airport just after 11 a.m. local time, FOX 40 Sacramento reported.

The other person on the plane apparently survived but there was no immediate information about that person’s identity or medical condition.

Kirby, who was also a physician, took heat from Auburn residents earlier this week during a city council meeting that was conducted by video because of the coronavirus outbreak. …

[Eleutheria5]

Beat me to it.

[jocon307]

WOW, that fifteen minutes of infamy took a strange turn!

[Celtic Conservative]

Perhaps just general aviation pilots who get rusty? Flying is a perishable skill.

CC

[Mr. Blond]

I’m biting my cheeks...

[Celtic Conservative]

The universe has a vicious srnse of humor.

CC

[deks]

The mayor of a small California city says he's stepping down after posting a meme on Facebook that compared President Trump's supporters to the KKK. The mayor also likened Mr. Trump to Adolf Hitler in a comment...

If Hitler and everyone who supported him was removed from the face of the earth in 1939 the world would be a much better place today," he added. "The same is more true of Trump and his supporters today."

He added that he “absolutely” believes Trump is a racist.

[irishjuggler]

Doctors are LOUSY pilots. Arrogance kills.

That's interesting. I encounter a fair number of M.D.s in my work, and I'll tell you another thing... Most of 'em are pretty lousy investors. They make a lot, but they don't handle it wisely. In their world, they're "special," but that specialness doesn't carry over to other endeavors. Yet for some reason many doctors somehow think the contrary, believing so strongly in their innate superiority they just assume they'll be above average in other pursuits.

[reg45]

Divine intervention.

[reg45]

Looks like Golem.

[philman_36]

Quintessential 4GW. Slip in, sabotage the plane (making the crash look like an accident), slip out.

Gonna be hard to pin it on anybody if that was the case.

[bagster]

What a terrible shame.

[Highest Authority]

What was he about to tell on Hillary?

[Baldwin]

Mark it down as another COVID case.

[Jimmy Valentine]

“And they that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon them.” -the good book.

[joma89]

Poetic justice.

JoMa

[rrrod]

Gee.

[gcparent]

They make terribke businessmen. They should stick to doctoring.

[Ann Archy]

God does WONDROUS things for those who LOVE HIM!

[trebb]

Instant Karma’s gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead

[campaignPete R-CT]

The day the mayor-sick died ...