The mayor of a city in Florida warned that “hate is toxic and dangerous,” after a man allegedly drove his truck on Saturday to a place where followers of President Donald Trump were registering new voters, an incident in which there was no wounded.
The incident occurred at the Kernan Village Mall in east Jacksonville, northeast Florida, when Gregory Timm, 27, allegedly drove a van to a tent where people registered voters, the Police Department said. that city.
Police said Timm was arrested for aggravated assault, criminal conduct and driving with a suspended license.
Larry Gayle, a spokesman for the Jacksonville Police Department, said the incident occurred at 3:45 pm, at 1900 Atlantic Boulevard, and that several volunteers from the Duval County Republican Party were inside the tent when a white man from About 20 years driving a brown van headed towards the place.
Then he drove through the tent, endangering the lives of those who were there, Gayle said.
The defendant then got out of the vehicle and took a video of the scene before fleeing, the police spokesman said.
The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, lamented the event on his Twitter account: “I spoke with the president of the Republican Party. This is outrageous. Hate is toxic and dangerous. Fortunately, no one was injured, but they are certainly disturbed after being targets of an attack because they were registering voters …
Trump also said on that social network that the Florida Police Department was notified of what happened and recommended being “careful with the tough guys you face” in response to the president of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel.
McDaniel said they should end the unprovoked and meaningless attacks against Trump’s supporters and repeated what was stated by the Republican Party of Duval County, Florida, who said “we will not be silenced by cowards, and these unpleasant acts will only make us work harder. hard to win November. ”
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