Texas man charged for punching election worker after asking to remove Trump hat
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Filip TimotijaSat, October 26, 2024 at 8:32 PM UTC2 min read
A Texas man was charged after punching an election worker who asked him to remove a hat in support of former President Trump at a polling place.
The suspect was identified as Jesse Lutzenberger by local law enforcement. Lutzenberger was told to remove his cap while walking through the voting spot. He cast his vote and then put his hat on before leaving the place, according to Bexar's County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
As he was leaving, the voting clerk told Lutzenberger to take off his hat as it is illegal to sport clothing supporting a candidate inside a polling area under Texas law.
Lutzenberger then allegedly threw an arm or elbow back at the clerk, Salazar told reporters on Friday. The suspect then "turned and threw several punches right at the face of the victim."
The 69-year-old election worker suffered some "marks" on his face but no life-threatening injuries, Salazar said Friday. The sheriff said that Lutzenberger was arrested following the incident and taken to Bexar County jail.
While speaking to reporters on Friday, Salazar used the time to "tone down the violence."
"Look, nothing here is worth going to jail for," the sheriff said. "This election is going to happen one way or another in any particular race, one side is going to win, one side is going to lose. That's just the nature of things."
"But there's no sense in picking up a criminal case, picking up a criminal history, we're injuring or even killing somebody in the name of politics," he continued. "It just doesn't make any sense."
The incident comes as this week's poll from Scripps News/Ipsos found that more than 6 in 10, 62 percent, Americans said violence after Election Day is "very likely" or "somewhat likely."
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The suspect was identified as Jesse Lutzenberger by local law enforcement. Lutzenberger was told to remove his cap while walking through the voting spot. He cast his vote and then put his hat on before leaving the place, according to Bexar's County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
As he was leaving, the voting clerk told Lutzenberger to take off his hat as it is illegal to sport clothing supporting a candidate inside a polling area under Texas law.
Lutzenberger then allegedly threw an arm or elbow back at the clerk, Salazar told reporters on Friday. The suspect then "turned and threw several punches right at the face of the victim."
The 69-year-old election worker suffered some "marks" on his face but no life-threatening injuries, Salazar said Friday. The sheriff said that Lutzenberger was arrested following the incident and taken to Bexar County jail.
my mother was an election worker in texas, but I made her quit during covid in 2020 by telling her it would probably keep me out of prison.
For the first time at our polling place, in a deep red county mind you, the election officials have installed a panic alarm, have evacuations orders in place, and have secured the presence of undercover law enforcement officers.
This has gotten insane. Sad does not begin to describe what the next week and the aftermath will bring.
We are, at least should be, so much better than this.
Maybe they are worried about Texas going blue, and it is adding to already existing irrationality.
And this “gentleman” was voting for Trump. I’m not surprised.
too bad they couldn't hold him in jail until after the election was over ...
lol
Some people get up in the morning and choose violence