Dan Adamini, Secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party, made a pair of controversial remarks on his Facebook and Twitter accounts Thursday, Feb. 2.

The tweet and Facebook post have since been deleted, but the Michigan Democratic Party shared a screenshot of each in a news release:

After deleting the social media posts, Adamini tweeted "Taking a lot of heat for a very poorly worded tweet yesterday. Sorry folks, the intent was to try to stop the violence, not encourage more."

The Marquette County Republican was referring to protests taking place on campuses across the country. The "another Kent State" comment appears to refer to a 1970 in which National Guardsmen shot 13 unarmed college students, killing four.

"The statements made yesterday on social media by Dan Adamini are sickening, inhuman, and indefensible," Brandon Dillon, MDP Chair, said in the news release. "There is no ambiguity or alternative interpretation. To call for "another Kent State" and declare that "one bullet stops a lot of thuggery" is to clearly and openly advocate for the murder of unarmed college students, simply because they don't share his beliefs or point of view.

"His words should be condemned and any association with him disavowed. The right to free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy, and when someone threatens another individual or group with harm for exercising it, that one person is a threat to all of us, as Americans."