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The first transgender-identifying mayor elected in Pennsylvania told The Christian Post on Thursday that he was not calling for violence in a recent X post that warned deportations by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) could lead to "violent pushback" against the federal government.

Erica Deuso, who was elected Tuesday to serve as mayor of Downingtown, a borough of approximately 8,000 people west of Philadelphia, nevertheless maintained that violence from citizens is to be expected when their government "goes too far."

"I forsee [sic] violent pushback from an armed citizenry in the future," Deuso tweeted Sept. 23 in response to an X post by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that featured a video of ICE raids cut with the Pokémon theme song, "Gotta Catch '

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