Man wearing Rubio shirt and DeSantis hat 'brutally attacked' in Hialeah, senator says
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A canvasser wearing a Marco Rubio T-shirt and a Gov. Ron DeSantis hat was "brutally attacked" in Hialeah Sunday night, according to U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.
The senator alleged on social media that four attackers — whom he described as "animals" — told the canvasser that "Republicans weren't allowed in their neighborhood."
Details remain scarce, but Hialeah Mayor Esteban "Steve" Bovo said in an interview that the city's police chief told him Monday that the department had made an arrest in the incident. Bovo said he was uncomfortable commenting beyond that, given the lack of information about the incident and the sensitivity of the issue.
Hialeah police did not immediately respond to requests for comment by email and phone.
During a Monday rally at the John F. Kennedy Library in Hialeah to mark the start of early voting in South Florida, Rubio told a crowd about the alleged incident, but stressed that not all the details were known.
"Sadly, we get the news and we're still waiting for details. It's always important to have details. We're not like these other people that always jump to conclusions, but we know this: Someone wearing a Rubio T-Shirt and a DeSantis hat was walking in a neighborhood not far from here yesterday when four individuals assaulted him, broke his nose, broke his jaw," and gave him internal bleeding, Rubio said.
He said the canvasser will need facial reconstructive surgery.
Photos posted to the senator's Twitter and Instagram accounts on Monday show a man wearing a Rubio campaign shirt lying on a gurney. One of his eyes looks bruised and there are streaks of what appears to be blood on his face. His shirt also seems to have specks of what might be blood.
Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren't allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah#Florida
He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery pic.twitter.com/36QpbySg58
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 24, 2022
Spokespeople for the Rubio campaign said they didn't have additional details to share about the incident and were not aware of any eye witnesses who could confirm the events.
"I can tell you this: political violence should not be tolerated by anyone. Our side or their side, we don't tolerate political violence. In this country, we decide who governs not by street mobs, we decide who governs at the ballot box," Rubio added.
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There's the tolerance we've all come to know from the left.
KEEP IT ON TOPIC, KEEP IT CIVIL. Trump is off limits.
I think that's the problem right there.
Civility requires maturity, restraint, and some level of intellectual investment. As a nation, we are increasingly unwilling to make the effort.
See Comment 6. Apparently this was not politically motivated and how is it that Marco Rubio
A police report obtained by the Miami New Times confirms that a man has been arrested in the attack: 22-year-old Javier Jesus Lopez, who “has a violent past and is out on felony bond,” according to NBC News reporter Marc Caputo. The police report says Lopez allegedly told Monzon, “You can’t pass by here. This is my neighborhood,” before slamming him to the ground. But the report “does not mention a political dispute, nor does it indicate that Lopez targeted Monzon because Monzon is a Republican,” according to the New Times . The report also does not indicate that Monzon was attacked by “four animals,” as Rubio claimed in his dehumanizing tweet, though police told CBS they’re looking to talk to “two other possible people of interest.”
It’s definitely odd for a U.S. senator to tweet out a story before local news or the police have said a word about it, and conveniently leave out the fact that the victim has a history of perpetrating white supremacist violence himself.
“dehumanizing tweet”
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So that's what you focus on.
the victim has a history of perpetrating white supremacist violence himself
the ignorant piece of shit press shaming the victim without offering any proof, hopefully they are sued out of existence.
You mean Marco Rubio?
Yeah, they need to sue the shit out of him.
No, it's what I questioned. The punctuation mark should have been a clue.
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What victim?
It is odd that a president accuses people of whipping illegals and say that they will pay for it even after the photographer that took the picture said they were not whipping anyone. Still waiting for Joe to apologize.
WTF are you deflecting about?
How quickly some forget when Joe does what they accuse others of doing.
Probably starting a gofund me for bail
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This incident is worse than what happened on Jan 6th !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We must condemn both sides equally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You mean you dont think this one incident is worse than Jan 6th ? I find that hard to believe.
You've either not read my previous comments on 6 Jan 2021 or just let your biases run away with you.
I can't explain what you believe and don't believe either.
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Let's hope you've noted it better than you've noted my comments on 6th Jan.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the front page.
You will continue to excuse the "Summer of Love" forever. "Mostly peaceful protests" as the world burned down Democrats and their media sycophants ears.
Move on from Jan 6th; the rest of the thinking world has. Which rules out Democrats and the TDS riddled.
Somebody's jealous./sarc
Found it, thanks:
Skirting the CoC
Comments that violate the spirit of the CoC but not the letter are ‘skirting the CoC’. Skirting the CoC is a violation.
In the military we have something similar in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Article 134—General article a. Text of statute. Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.
Key is the phrase, "at the discretion of the court".
Authorities, regardless of the forum. find a catch-all to be convenient and useful.
I could name someone on the left that had no business being a moderator. I even complained about him but was brushed off.
When I was in the Navy we also called Article 134 of the UCMJ the catch all article. If you could not get them on a specific charge, invoke Article 134.
Exactly.
I just reviewed my Oct tickets and only have one for skirting, most are for taunting or trolling. If I get a ticket I want to get it the old fashioned way, I want to earn it.
Looks like you'll continue to deflect forever.
Yet you continue to comment.
Why is that?
What are you talking about? You're the one who always deflects.
You are still commenting.
Wow! Nothing gets by you!
Keep it on topic. Only warning.
Some people routinely mistake topic for toxic.
I wonder if this was staged like the guy who wrote the racist remarks himself as well as burning his own trailer?
Please let us know what conclusion you reach when you're done wondering.
You figure he slammed his head in the door of a '67 Pontiac?
Say what? You think that guy beat himself up and on purpose? Totally out of context and makes zero sense. Please close the door to the Twilight Zone behind you when you go back!/sarc
I didn't say HE beat himself up. You never know with whackjobs/people who vote gop/gqp/republican. He could have hired someone to do it. You never know.
More like Jussie Smollett IF...........................
Smollet only gave himself minor injuries and bruising.
If this guy was pulling a Smollet he really went all in.
They also have arrested one person already.
Either he loves long term pain and disfigurement; or he really was attacked. I am going with attacked until proven different.
What????? You didn't believe there were MAGA hat wearing white supremists wandering around Chicago with Bleach and the lamest noose ever at 2 O'clock in the morning looking to Attack an African American?
... during a polar vortex
I hate to break it to Marco, but there are more than 4 animals in the democrat party,
An 83-year-old woman campaigning against Proposal 3 in Michigan was allegedly shot in the back Sept. 20 while passing out campaign literature. In North Dakota, a man who allegedly ran down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson on Sept. 18, reportedly claimed the teen was a “Republican extremist.”
On the plus side, Kyle Rittenhouse managed to thin the herd a little.
There are plenty more ... including ...
Rittenhouse is a killer who murdered innocent bystanders. [insult]
His jury disagreed and found that that those shot weren't standing by.
Unarmed in a blue state and Rittenhouse is a statistic of left wing violence, Self defense against the criminal stupid should be protected. the Jury got it 100% right.
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One of those said "innocent" bystanders was attempting to beat Rittenhouse over the head with a skateboard.
Innocent on all counts no less.
To stop the young republican killer from murdering someone else.
He was armed with a deadly skateboard
Only a complete moron brings a skateboard to a gunfight, he must have been a card carrying ANTIFA dumbass.
No sounds like he was a skateboarder trying to stop a killer with the only 'weapon' he had.
The jury had the benefit of testimony which you haven't apparently heard.
Who wants to bet this moron feels qualified to lecture others on gun safety? what a complete tool!
You ever seen somebody hit with a skateboard? I have and they certainly can do a lot of damage and potentially kill somebody.
Bingo!
Obviously.
Sure can. Knock them over and slam their head into the pavement.
My neighbor's son died from riding a skateboard because he fell and hit his head.
Only problem with your statement is that he had not shot anybody up to that point! So how was he a killer?
Exactly!
No surprise. You wear that hat and those who have no fear of the law act on their feelings.
Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, and that violent ilk are very happy.
Very happy about what?
Well, they're very violent women. Maybe you've forgotten?
Violent how?
I know lots of people that would happily punch that fuckface in his fuckface. That doesn't make us violent.
Punching someone in the face isn't violent? In the legal world, it's called assault and battery.
Well no shit Sherlock!
Wanting to punch someone and actually punching someone are two different things, you know that, right?
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Exactly, I sure there are a lot of things that you want to do but far fewer that you really do.
I don't know where these animals get the idea that violence is okay.
Biden labeled Trump’s supporters “a threat to democracy” during a Sept. 1 speech in Philadelphia while Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan urged America to “kill and confront” a movement he described as “extremist” during a Sept. 13 MSNBC appearance.
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"Biden labeled Trump’s supporters “a threat to democracy”
They are a threat to Democracy. A very valid one.
Only to Democrat fascists and those that support them.
There is no such thing.
They're all on your side.
You really need to learn the definition of Fascism.
No, you do.
How EXACTLY. Make sure to provide links.
"Threat to Democracy" is the left's most recent political dog whistle.
No that's the truth.
Google Benito Mussolini and the rise of fascism in Italy. You might find it educational.
He and FDR had a mutual fan club in the 30's:
But I think even FDR ultimately realized that fascism was a dismal failed social experiment.
Perhaps, but powerful people love power.
Very true. Absolute power does indeed corrupt absolutely.
How profound
Here's an interesting slant on this
Marco Rubio Canvasser, a Notorious White Supremacist, Was Beaten in Miami Area
If you follow Marco Rubio or basically any prominent Republican on Twitter, you probably saw a story the Florida senator tweeted Monday morning about one of his canvassers being beaten by four men who “told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood.” Rubio attached grisly ambulance photos to the tweet:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and others quickly jumped on the story, of course, and re-shared it as proof that “tolerant” Democrats are not so tolerant after all—despite the lack of any police report or local news stories confirming the details.
I immediately smelled a rat , especially considering that Hialeah, Florida—where the incident took place—is a Republican stronghold. As the day goes on, it’s become increasingly clear that the story didn’t happen the way Rubio said it did. First, the victim in question has been identified as Christopher Monzon, a white supremacist nicknamed the “Cuban Confederate” who participated in the neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has a history of violence, and is deeply involved in Miami Republican politics.
A police report obtained by the Miami New Times confirms that a man has been arrested in the attack: 22-year-old Javier Jesus Lopez, who “has a violent past and is out on felony bond,” according to NBC News reporter Marc Caputo. The police report says Lopez allegedly told Monzon, “You can’t pass by here. This is my neighborhood,” before slamming him to the ground. But the report “does not mention a political dispute, nor does it indicate that Lopez targeted Monzon because Monzon is a Republican,” according to the New Times . The report also does not indicate that Monzon was attacked by “four animals,” as Rubio claimed in his dehumanizing tweet, though police told CBS they’re looking to talk to “two other possible people of interest.”
It’s definitely odd for a U.S. senator to tweet out a story before local news or the police have said a word about it, and conveniently leave out the fact that the victim has a history of perpetrating white supremacist violence himself.
It feels almost like the desperate move of a politician whose Democratic opponent wiped the floor with him in a debate last week. If a known white supremacist was wearing a t-shirt with my name on it while canvassing for my Senate race, I’m not sure I’d broadcast that incident in defense of him, counting on everyone to gloss over the little details about who the man actually is.
I immediately smelled a rat
So did I. If there’s one thing Republicans are terrible at it’s trying to create a false narrative that is realistic. They will flock to attack the Jussie Smollett story like stink on shit, but think that they can do the same thing without anyone noticing.
I'm actually surprised. I'm surprised it took this long for some clown to make it about race.
That's what white supremacists like this 'victim' do.
And here you are trying to make it about race...
Your own link confirms the truth:
"The police report says Lopez allegedly told Monzon, “You can’t pass by here. This is my neighborhood,” before slamming him to the ground."
It looks like the only "rat" that Laura Bassett smelled was most likely herself.
How stupid does Bassett think everyone is?
You can’t pass by here. This is my neighborhood
And that has something to do with his shirt and hat?! How stupid do you think everyone is?
It has everything to do with the violent, intolerant left.
"The victim, in order to avoid the confrontation walked across the street where he was again confronted by Mr. Lopez,' Torres' statement continues.
'During the verbal dispute, Mr. Lopez then struck the victim multiple times in the face and head causing the injuries.'
According to The Daily Beast, a third man stepped in and kicked Lopez in an attempt to stave off the attack, but ran off before police arrived.
Lopez then allegedly punched the Rubio volunteer 'multiple times with closed fists… causing him to have a severe swelling on the right side of his face and his right eye being completely shut… [Lopez] continued striking the [volunteer] on his mouth causing a severe swelling and bleeding.'
Dumb enough to believe there were 2 white guys wearing MAGA hats wandering around in a polar vortex carrying bleach and a noose after midnight in Chicago looking to attack an African American.
The bar is extremely low for what kind of stupid shit people will believe and run with.
It says nowhere that he is a victim of anyone on the LEFT
Key word 'allegedly'
Smollett is a low level actor. Rubio and Cruz are senators. Do you not see a difference?
It has everything to do with the violent, intolerant left.
Lol! The only reference to politics in your entire quote is a the author repeatedly identifying the victim as a Rubio volunteer. He wasn’t attacked because he was a Rubio volunteer. Pathetic.
We know it has absolutely nothing to do with 'the Left'
It doesn't matter what he was. People on the left don't have the right to violent attack people.
So you no longer think that the victim attacked himself?
That print keeps getting larger and larger.
A sure sign that you lost the argument.
Exactly, Javier Jesus Lopez is likely a right-wing reactionary.
He was violently attacked by anyone on the LEFT.
Never happened.
Never will.
I never said that the alleged victim attacked himself.
But you knew that already
NOT
I think that you were wondering about that.
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People on the left don't have the right to violent attack people.
I agree. Let us know when that actually happens.
Look up the "Summer of Love" not so peaceful riots.
Another deflection by Ronin below. That's all he has.
+Projection and denial.
I mean above
Guess again. Second perp has since been arrested and told police that the victim was in fact assaulted for being a Republican.
Guess again … again.
Citing the anecdotal is an easy way to avoid the real issues.
In this day and age, there are daily examples aplenty…but they do nothing but distract from the necessary discussion. That is, why and how do these instances continue to drive the narrative rather than having the more difficult debate? The answer is because it is easier to play to the base than actually demanding more.
We are all culpable, just spend a day here.
I quit.