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Republican Who Attacked Obama’s Daughters was Arrested as a Teen

She went on a Facebook tirade against the Obama daughters calling them classless abd advising the teenage girls to “try showing a little class.” But according to reporting from The Smoking Gun, it seems Elizabeth Lauten also had some dealings with the law when she was a teenager.

Elizabeth Lauten was arrested at age 17 for misdemeanor larceny after she allegedly stole from a Belk Department store in North Carolina, according to court records reviewed by The Smoking Gun. The charges were dismissed since Lauten was a first-time offender and she didn’t get into additional trouble.

Lauten resigned as the the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) on Monday following backlash over a Facebook post about the Obama daughters’ attire at the White House turkey pardon ceremony.

Republican Who Attacked Obama’s Daughters will Resign

Classless. That’s how I summarize the attack this Republican aide had on the President’s daughters. But the aide is showing a little dignity with her plan to resign.

Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Tennessee Rep. Steven Fincher, told NBC News by phone Monday that her resignation is already “in the works.”

In a post that went viral over the weekend, Lauten wrote that Sasha and Malia Obama should have shown “a little class” during the annual Thanksgiving ceremony to pardon two turkeys at the White House.

“Rise to the occasion,” she wrote. “Act like being in the White House matters to you. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar.”

Lauten later deleted that post and penned an apology on Facebook, writing that she now sees “more clearly just how hurtful my words were.”