Overview
- Mayor Dave Ament apologized at the New Berlin Common Council meeting Tuesday and the council unanimously passed a resolution formally condemning a series of anti‑Muslim, racist and sexist posts he shared on his personal Facebook page.
- Reporters and the council cited specific reposts that called voters for Muslim candidates "traitors," showed people holding "Ban Islam Now" signs, and circulated an AI/video about using bacon to block a "Muslim invasion."
- Local Muslim groups including the Muslim Women’s Coalition and the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance and the Council on American‑Islamic Relations helped surface the posts and publicly urged Ament to resign.
- The council’s resolution said city employees were put in a difficult position having to answer for content they did not create and directed that questions about Ament’s personal social media be addressed to him personally.
- The council noted that formal removal would require a trial‑style legal process with a three‑quarters council vote or a voter recall, so political and legal consequences remain possible but have not been launched.