A Missouri state senator says she made a "mistake" with a Facebook post that said she "hoped" President Trump would be assassinated.

“I made a mistake, and I’m owning up to it. And I’m not ever going to make a mistake like that again," State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D) told reporters at a church in Ferguson over the weekend, according to The Associated Press.

"I have learned my lesson. My judge and my jury is my lord, Jesus Christ."

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Chappelle-Nadal also said she does not plan to resign from her post.

Chappelle-Nadal had come under increasing pressure to step down from her post after she wrote on Facebook that she hopes Trump is assassinated. She later deleted the post.

She told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she doesn't actually want the president to be harmed.