The U.S. Secret Service is trying to identify a Facebook user who posted a poll Saturday that asked, "Should Obama be killed?" The poll was removed from the social networking site after developers were informed of the poll on Monday.
Answers to the poll included: "yes," "no," "maybe," and "yes if he cuts my health care."
"I definitely think that whoever created that poll, whether it was done with the intent of humor or not, acted in a very unpatriotic and tasteless manner that is very embarrassing for Americans everywhere," said Steve Bolner, a senior communication major, student senator and executive director of class council,.
The poll received more than 700 responses before it was removed. Due to the fact that the application used to create the poll was disabled, respondents could not be found.
"As for the people that responded, whether they said 'yes,' 'no,' 'maybe,' or 'yes if he cuts my health care,' I suggest that they actually get off Facebook and educate themselves on political policy instead of relying on hearsay from a social networking site," Bolner said.
In a statement to FOXNews.com, Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said, "The application was immediately suspended while the inappropriate content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content."
Facebook does not know who created the poll or what the intentions were.
"Any threat on the president, real or not, is very serious," said Justin Pulliam, chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas and a sophomore animal science major. "I do hope the creator learns very quickly that what he or she did was very wrong and was not a good thing to do."
Other polls were later posted on the site asking respondents whether the creator of the first poll should be arrested.
The Secret Service confirmed to FOXnews.com that they will continue to investigate. Facebook is cooperating with the Secret Service.
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