Man arrested after allegedly driving van into GOP registration tent

[left-of-center2012]

A man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately driving a van into a tent full of Trump supporters who were working to register new voters at a shopping center parking lot.

The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the Kernan Village Shopping Center in eastern Jacksonville, Florida, when a man, later identified by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office as 27-year-old Gregory Timm, allegedly drove a van through a tent where people were working to register voters. The driver narrowly missed several people in the tent and fled the scene after the incident by car.

“We are outraged by this senseless act of violence toward our great volunteers,” said Duval GOP Chairman Dean Black in a statement on Facebook. “The Republican Party of Duval County will not be intimidated by these cowards and we will not be silenced. I call on every Republican in our great city to stand up, get involved, and show these radicals that we will not be intimidated from exercising our Constitutional rights.”

Mayor of Jacksonville Lenny Curry posted a statement on Twitter condemning the senseless act of violence.
“I just spoke to the local GOP chair. This is outrageous. The hate is toxic and dangerous. Thankfully no one was injured but certainly they are shaken after being targeted because they were registering voters. I’ve spoken to the Sheriff and of course his team is on top of this,” said Curry in a statement on Twitter.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-arrested-allegedly-driving-van-gop-registration-tent/story?id=68859140

[jmg257]

1. Good they arrested him - stupid ass hole. Nt

[struggle4progress]

10. +

[klook]

2. Dumbass - great gift to Republicans

Ammo for the "Antifa Killers = Dems" narrative...

[Turbineguy]

3. The assumption being he's a libtard terrorist

and not some wigged out druggie.

[TwilightZone]

4. Black and Curry should try to be a little more hyperbolic.

I'm being sarcastic, of course. Talk about an overreaction. It's not a threat to every Republican in the country. It's just one dumbass with a van.

They should also spend a little time looking at which side of the aisle these kinds of events usually originate from. Seemingly, about 95% of them are right-wing loons.

[dewsgirl]

5. Was it intentional?

[Blue_true]

12. Yes, very intentional. A very brutal act of violence. nt

[left-of-center2012]

6. "This is outrageous. The hate is toxic and dangerous."

Describes Trump.

[packman]

7. Let's pull an Alex Jones on this

IT's a false flag - never happened - put out by the RNC to get the base riled up.

[Blue_true]

13. We don't do that type of stuff. Truth matters to us. nt

[malaise]

8. Ask Gabby Giffords - six were killed in that one

[stillcool]

9. Maybe he had the wrong tent?

Not to generalize...but to generalize, his picture does not compute with the crime.

[onethatcares]

11. the perps political affiliation isn't mentioned in

the article.

how's they figure that one out?