Electionland: Trump supporters blast bullhorn shouts at Clinton voters

[bathroommonkey76]

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continue to gather in front of the West Palm Beach, Florida, supervisor of elections’ office and shout at Hillary Clinton supporters and voters through bullhorns as they use the early voting location, videos show.

“How many Syrian refugees, Muslim refugees, are you taking into your home?” yelled one Trump supporter in a video filmed Sunday afternoon at Clinton supporters across a parking lot. Later she said, “You hypocrites! Separate the people! Over here we have the LGBT, over here we have the blacks, and then over here we have the Hispanics. But I’m going to tell you something, the hard working American people that served in the armed forces support Donald Trump!”

Therese Barbera, spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office, said by email that the sheriff’s office “was not aware” of the incidents in the videos until Electionland called for a statement but that “from what we reviewed we do not believe there are any violations occurring.”

“As far as voter intimidation, we did not observe any infractions in the video,” she added. “Please remember that there are First Amendment privileges being afforded here as long as they don’t violate the law.”

Read more: http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/11/02/electionland-trump-supporters-blast-bullhorn-shouts-clinton-voters/93168384/

[writes3000]

1. That's outrageous!

[tanyev]

2. I wonder if that might backfire on them?

I'd certainly be less inclined to vote for the candidate of the a**holes yelling at me through a bullhorn.

[bathroommonkey76]

3. haha Exactly! n/t

[dalton99]

4. Another example of cultish behavior

[Tanuki]

5. This is the same type of intimidation and harrassment some of the same people have perpetrated

at women's health clinics for decades. As we have seen, it has all to often escalated to homicide and other acts of domestic terrorism.

[Coyotl]

6. Report these incidents to the US DoJ Civil Rights division.

Local law enforcement might be out there with them during off hours!

[Imperialism Inc.]

7. In case folks are wondering what Electionland is,

it is a project of ProPublica that is documenting problems at polling places through election day.

https://projects.propublica.org/electionland/


They have an update on this story at the top of their page.

Law Enforcement Presence at Florida Election Spot After ProPublica Report of Hecklers
https://projects.propublica.org/electionland/florida/law-enforcement-makes-calmer-day-west-palm-beach/

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the West Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections office yesterday in response to complaints, reported by Electionland, that supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were shouting at voters through a bullhorn.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said deputies will remain at the site through Election Day. On Election Day, uniformed officers will be at the supervisor’s office as well as at every other polling place in the county, spokeswoman Therese Barbera said.

Lee Skinner, a Hillary Clinton supporter who said she was among those who called in complaints on Tuesday, said the deputies’ presence had changed the atmosphere at the voting location.

“Oh yes, it was much better today,” she said, adding that the plan for officers to return daily was “welcome news.”

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