A spokesperson said 'there is no place for hateful rhetoric at PBS' as Beller's alleged remarks became public.
Michael Beller, a former lawyer for PBS in the public broadcaster's general counsel office, has resigned after he was caught making cruel remarks about President Trump and his supporters, according to reports.
Speaking to a woman at a bar, Beller was overheard saying there should be retribution for Trump supporters, including "re-education camps" for their children; COVID-19 spiking in red states was a good thing, as it would affect many Trump supporters; and that Trump is "close to Hitler".
Making the remarks prior to the 2020 election, won by Democrat Joe Biden, Beller also reportedly said in the event of a Trump victory, people should "go to the White House and throw Molotov cocktails".
"We go for all the Republican voters, and Homeland Security will take their children away", Beller said
"They're [re-education camps] nice".
"They have Sesame Street characters in the classrooms, and [the children] watch PBS all day".
Former PBS general counsel Beller said this was necessary because, he claimed, "Kids who are growing up, knowing nothing but Trump for four years, you've got to wonder what they're [Trump supporters' children] going to be like".
"They'll be raising a generation of intolerant, horrible people — horrible kids", Beller said.
According to The Daily Caller, the one-time PBS general counsel also allegedly said it was "great" that COVID-19 cases were soaring in many red states across the country.
"What's great is that COVID is spiking in all the red states right now", he said. "So that's great... because either those people won't come out to vote for Trump, you know the red states, or a lot of them [Trump supporters] are sick and dying".
"Americans are so f***ing dumb", he reportedly added. "You know, most people are dumb".
