An Ohio sheriff referred to as on residents to jot down down the addresses of neighbors who’ve expressed help for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential marketing campaign.
In a Fb publish, Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski wrote, “When people ask me…What’s gonna happen if the Flip – Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins?? I say…write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!”
He added, “Sooo…when the Illegal human ‘Locust’ (which she supports!) Need places to live…We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families…who supported their arrival!”
Zuchowski duplicated the incendiary publish focusing on Harris supporters and immigrants on his private Fb web page, attracting commenters who have been supportive of the thought.
“Absolutely!! Making a list and checking it twice,” one poster responded. One other wrote, “100% Agreed !!! I’m with you on that one Sheriff.”
Portage County Commissioner Tony Badalamenti condemned Zuchowski’s publish and resigned from the county’s Republican Get together committee in response.
“This is not the leadership I want to be part of,” he stated in a video saying his choice.
“My parents are elderly and have been very politically active Democrats. I am afraid for them now. I don’t want to scare them or suggest they take down their signs, but I am sick to my stomach with worry,” one lady advised the outlet.
In an announcement, the Portage County NAACP stated, “Encouraging people to keep addresses, presumably so they can later be targeted, is counter to bringing all of us together to better our community. We encourage all citizens to vote their values in November.”
A screenshot of Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski’s Fb publish
Zuchowski backed Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s profitable 2022 Senate marketing campaign and has expressed his help for Donald Trump in quite a few social media posts. In a single publish, Zuchowski stated that it was a “total ‘political’ psycho circus act’” to convict Trump in prison court docket. The sheriff additionally expressed outrage in 2021 when the Cleveland Indians baseball workforce modified their identify to the Cleveland Guardians in a transfer towards racial sensitivity.
In July, Zuchowski referred to as on Ohio Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes to withdraw a invoice that might have created federal coaching for law enforcement officials to assist them de-escalate harmful conditions.
Zuchowski’s newest publish echoes calls from Trump to make use of the facility of presidency to go after his political rivals.
Trump additionally beforehand stated that if elected he would appoint a prosecutor to “go after” President Joe Biden and his household.
About 190 miles southwest of Portage County, residents of Springfield, Ohio, have needed to take care of bomb threats towards faculty and authorities buildings after Trump and Vance promoted smears of Haitian migrants there, falsely accusing them of stealing and consuming home animals.
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