The assistant police chief in the tiny Alabama town of Geraldine has been fired because of an online post in which he suggested Democrats could be targeted by a roadside bomb.

The Town Council voted 5-1 tonight to terminate Jeff Buckles, who has worked for the police department for two years. The Council accepted the recommendation of an outside lawyer who served as an “impartial decision maker” during a private hearing on the situation last week.

Buckles has been on leave since early February when town officials began investigating a post the assistant police chief wrote on Facebook.

Jeff Buckles, the assistant chief at the Geraldine, Ala. police department, came under fire for a comment about Nancy Pelosi and a roadside bomb.

In the post, Buckles suggested that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ‘Dumbocrats’ could be targeted by a roadside bomb. Buckles shared the post on the night of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Speech after Pelosi ripped up her copy of the President’s remarks.

“Pelosi just ripped up his speach (sic),” Buckles wrote that night. “Road Side bomb on her way home and any other Dumbocrats.”

Buckles apologized for his comments in a later post on Facebook. Both posts have since been deleted or removed from public view.

“I want to apologize for venting on FB (Facebook),” Buckles wrote. “I have definitely offended some people with my remarks. It just rips my heart out that our great country is do divided.”

Screenshots of Buckles’ post were shared on social media, with some people leaving negative reviews on the police department’s Facebook page. Others on social media shared the phone number to Geraldine town hall and encouraged people to call the mayor to demand action against Buckles.

“He made a mistake that he regrets, but mistakes have consequences,” said Chuck Ables, the mayor of Geraldine, a tiny town about 50 miles southeast of Huntsville in southern DeKalb County. “I intend to remain friends with officer Buckles and I am willing to help him any way I can. This is an unfortunate situation with an unpleasant result and now it is time to move on.”

Ables, who voted to terminate Buckles, said the officer has done important work during his two years with the police department, including on community outreach.

“It is important to me that people understand that Jeff Buckles is not a terrorist,” Ables said in a statement to AL.com. “He made a statement that can easily be considered a threat and that statement violated the policies we have in place for police officers.

“I believe police officers and elected officials should be held to a higher standard and we do that and will continue to do that,” the mayor’s statement continues. "We have good officers and will continue to enforce the law unbiased and fairly.”