Deputies: Worker fatally stabs Trump-loving boss in fight
A worker with anti-government views fatally stabbed his Trump-supporting boss at a highway construction site and placed an American flag next to the body after they got into a political argument, deputies in Florida said Tuesday.
Mason Toney, 28, was charged with first-degree murder for the killing of William Knight on Monday, according to an arrest affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Co-workers told investigators that Toney and Knight were friends outside of work despite their political differences. Knight was an “outspoken American" who was "pro-Donald Trump," while co-workers described Toney as “anti-government and very outspoken in his beliefs that the government is bad and out to get him," according to the arrest affidavit.
Workers at the Florida Turnpike construction site in metro Orlando told detectives that Knight had picked up Toney for work and they had been driving to different job sites when they began arguing. After arriving at the Turnpike site, the workers heard Knight yelling for help by an excavator. They ran over and saw Toney standing over Knight, stabbing him with a trowel, according to the arrest affidavit.
The other workers said they tried to stop Toney by throwing items at him, but he moved towards them with what they thought was a knife. He then jumped into a truck and took off. As he drove away, he called his co-workers terrorists, according to the affidavit.
Next to Knight's body, the co-workers found an American flag and the flag's packaging, the affidavit said.
Deputies in a neighboring county apprehended Toney several hours later.
Online court records did not list an attorney who could comment on Toney's behalf. No bond was set and he remained at the Orange County Jail.
Don't mess with those anti-government types, even if you are MAGA.
Relax you big, bloated, intrusive government lovers this probably won’t go down in the history books like the shot heard around the world. The country isn’t ready for revolution with these prosperous and peaceful times under Trumps command.
With a TROWEL?
Dude!
Pushed wi th some force between the ribs can sever a heart, don't you think?
Sure, but it sounds terribly painful. Nothing like being “stabbed” with a giant, blunt blade. **shudder**
The trowels I use for archeological digs are extremely sharp.
Well it appears those who are actually anti government are realizing that the maga followers aren't. It's been a big fat lie riddled with corruption and an anti American agenda.
Oh well......
Everyone knows that or he would have shut the government down instead of signing the ridiculous spending bills congress keeps sending to him. Unfortunately most people think big government is good for America. The tea partiers and freedom caucus are the minority.
Too many Americans do love their free stuff. I mean why worry right? Just kick the can down the road and let someone else deal with the snowballing debt.
With nearly 50% of Americans not funding the Feds main tax revenue source (FIT) not enough people have a dog in the hunt to care. This "let someone else pay for it" mentality is not going to end well for the poor saps who eventually get stuck with the bill.
Nah, the bottom line it IS simply kicking the can down the road on future generations. Both parties have shown no desire to stop spending. Budgets cuts are a virtually impossibility to make today so the only solution will be to ultimately raise taxes to pay for it.
Many think that's a good thing. They won't if and when their own taxes go up but as long as it doesn't affect them personally, they are good with it.
Nothing responsible about that. Nothing at all.
As long as the US can print its own money, it will NEVER default on the national debt. The world will end first.
That’s a crock. The Germans could print their own money and history has proven how harmful the hyperinflation can be. The wheelbarrows full of money to buy a loaf of bread wasn’t a joke. It’s now happening in Venezuela.
"Debt" matters. Especially when congress gets in the habit of operating in a Budget Deficit all the time. Each year that happens it adds to the National Debt and ilke i said, sooner or later the debt comes due.
Budget surpluses are possible and congress can and has operated budget surpluses not long ago in the late 90's and early 2000's. Along the way wars, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, bailouts, stimulus acts and debt crisis have all worked to derail a balanced budget.
We should demand a balanced budget in all but the most extreme circumstances. The current thinking of "acceptable debt" is a dangerous long term trend for the future of this country. Dangerous indeed.
Time to feed the pig ..... the Federal pig and right now that swine is Hogzilla!