Florida man charged with driving van into GOP voter tent said he dislikes Trump and had to 'take a stand,' police say
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A Jacksonville, Florida, man jailed after allegedly crashing a minivan through a tent of Republican volunteers in a Walmart parking lot told investigators he does not like President Donald Trump and felt "someone had to take a stand," according to his arrest report.
Gregory William Loel Timm, 27, was jailed on $500,000 bail on two counts of aggravated assault on a person 65 years old or older, plus criminal mischief and driving with a suspended license, jail records show.
Timm is accused of deliberately crashing his GMC Safari into a tent of Republican volunteers who were registering voters outside the Walmart on Saturday. No one was struck by the van.
In response to Timm's arrest, Trump issued a warning on Twitter: "Be careful tough guys who you play with!"
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., tweeted it was "a politically motivated attack." Local GOP leaders joined Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Monday to further condemn what happened.
"You should not have to fear physical injury or worse to express political beliefs in America," said GOP Duval County Chairman Dean Black. "Nowhere in our country, nowhere in our city should anyone fear for their physical health because of their political views and their political activities."
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Just another TDS sufferer, Not shocking I never seen this on the news.
Definitely sporting that lost in space proglib look...
Don't know where some are looking but I have seen it reported.
First time I have seen a pic though.
In the first days after this story broke, only one of the 3 major TV stations - ABC, CBS, NBC - which are all left-wing, gave it a whopping 25 seconds of attention. The other two gave it zero. To its credit, FNC provided a lot of info and details.
meh, with all the blue-hairs in florida mowing down crowds with their caddies on a semi-regular basis, I'm surprised the story got any national attention.
Exactly. The Virginia terrorism that never happened got way more press.
Trump supporters have also committed acts of violence or attempted violence.
Cesar Sayoc mailed 16 homemade pipe bombs to prominent critics of Trump across the country. Luckily none of them detonated.
A man placed Scott Eisen, a photojournalist, in a choke-hold and punched him in the face while shouting: “Fake news! Trump 2020!”
Morris May pepper-sprayed the face of a demonstrator preparing for a “Stand Against Hate” rally in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He was wearing a shirt referencing Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
Michael Hari and two co-conspirators allegedly bombed a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota. No one was injured. A person who knew Hari told the Intercept that Trump’s rhetoric had “flipped that switch” in Hari and persuaded him to act.
Dennis Mothersbaugh sucker-punched two demonstrators who were protesting against a far-right rally in Charlottesville. After he was arrested, Mothersbaugh appeared in court wearing a “God, Guns & Trump” shirt.
Alex Ramos and five other men beat a black man at a parking garage during a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He punched and kicked the man while wearing his red Make America Great Again baseball cap. Their victim, DeAndre Harris, sustained a broken wrist and a head wound.
LouisTravieso attacked two men and a woman in Washington DC, after one of them made a comment about his red Make America Great Again baseball cap and said they had a problem with his politics.
Only two hours.
What does only two hours mean?
I'm willing to bet it wasn't hard to look that up. Thanks for proving my point.
Facts don't have to be hard to find or take long to look up. You are just po'd that I pointed out some of the violence committed in the name of your false prophet. I think the violence from BOTH sides is abhorrent.
What is it with you lefties always telling someone what they think. I am not like you, I don't need someone to tell me what I think.
False prophet? again what are you babbling about, I worship no man or thing.
The only worthwhile part of your comment.
I never claimed that Trump supporters didn't commit acts of violence, I stated that when the it is done by the left it is downplayed by the press where as if it is a Trump supporter it is the end of the world.
Haven't you heard? TDS isn't real. /s
I vote this one as the most under reported story of the year
It goes without saying that if this was a right-wing nutjob that drove thru DNC volunteers it would have been front and center for a week.
It is odd that the video he made of himself committing the crime is nowhere to be seen now. I swear I seen some of his footage.
We have pictures of it posted on seeds & articles for the rest of the year. It would dominate the news. We would have calls for the President to denounce it over and over!
It is odd that the video he made of himself committing the crime is nowhere to be seen now.
No we wouldn't want the country to see that/Sar
Then you have another TDS sufferer attacking teenage boys in New Hampshire...
It doesn't fit the left-wing media's propaganda that "Trumpsters" are the violent ones, so they all basically ignored it.
Republican volunteers who were registering voters...
I don't think this is how Motor Voters works.
Too many crazed people running around.
Agreed. And it is not confined one particular ideology.
True.
Lock him up.
And yes, I did see this reported soon after it happened.
The idiot tried to tape it, showed the police but apparently jerked the phone away went he hit the tent leg.
The tape is in evidence against his sorry ass, lol.
I did try to look up his video again, I came up with this. Way more cooler, I'm guessing Lake Superior.
In that video Nobody got hurt and ore freighter is way cooler than a minivan
That couldn't have been from this year, there is very little ice on the great lakes this year, there were ships passing Tawas in the middle of January here on lake Huron and perchville you needed a boat last week.
Defiantly, not even if it was lake Superior.
17% I heard, Then even with the open lakes the snowbelt I live around has been lacking.
My brother has been slaying the Walley's in his boat.
I think the Sioux Locks are closed and there are ice houses everywhere, but there really isn't anywhere near as much ice as last year. I haven't noticed the Icebreaker moving from the Duluth port since before Christmas either.
They close every winter for maintenance.
The winter forecast predictions fell flat on there face. I'm not one much to believe in Michigan weather forecasts. I put more stock in the wooly caterpillar.
It's been too long since I've been up there.
If it wasn't a full day's drive (one way) I'd seriously think about attending the opening.
I can be at freighters restaurant in a couple hour drinking a cocktail. I'll hold a table for ya.
They love Trump down in Florida. I was really not surprised when he won that state in the elections. I was in Ft. Lauderdale during full election season and there was Trump shirts and stands all over the place.