A Houston television reporter has been fired after making a Facebook post that expressed joy at the winner of last week's presidential election and criticized the Obama administration.

Scarlett Fakhar (KRIV-TV)

In a post Thursday on her professional Facebook page, Scarlett Fakhar thanked her supporters for their love and prayers.

"Fox 26 Houston fired me today for expressing my conservative views on my private Facebook page," she wrote. "That is all I will say for now."

Later Thursday, she claimed that KRIV was trying to have her fan page removed from Facebook.

Fakhar, 25, posted last week on her personal Facebook page, which is viewable by the public, that she was "happy and relieved" after the election.

"I prayed for the best leader that will turn this country that has become more violent and racist under the Obama administration than ever … into the America I once knew," she wrote in a post that's no longer viewable.

She continued, saying that President Barack Obama "has made the entire country hate one another" and that "I hate to say it … but the number of African Americans killing one another far outweighs the number of them being killed by whites."

Fakhar later apologized on her personal Facebook page "for making public my personal views on the outcome of the election and other issues.

"It was wholly inappropriate, as a journalist, to do that," she wrote.

That post is no longer visible on her page.

A KRIV spokeswoman said last week that the station had no comment on Fakhar's original post. Fox Television Stations confirmed her firing from the Fox affiliate to the Houston Chronicle on Thursday.

Journalism ethics seek to avoid bias; the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics advises journalists to "avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived" as well as to "distinguish between advocacy and news reporting."

Fakhar reported a story Wednesday night about an elementary-school student who said he was attacked by his classmates after a mock election in which he voted for Donald Trump.

Before joining KRIV in September 2015, Fakhar worked at TV stations in Austin and Lubbock.