Ohio Sheriff Instructs Residents to List Homes with Harris-Walz Campaign Signs
The Guardian, Sept. 17, 2024. - Republican Bruce Zuchowski sparks alarm after writing remarks in anti-immigrant tirade on Facebook.
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An Ohio sheriff instructed residents to keep a list of homes displaying campaign signs in support of the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, and her running mate, Tim Walz, in remarks on social media that caused alarm. Bruce D Zuchowski, the Republican sheriff of Portage county, posted the remarks on Friday to his personal and professional Facebook pages, warning that undocumented immigrants would arrive if Harris were elected over his party’s nominee, Donald Trump.
When people ask me … What’s gonna happen if the Flip – Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins??” Zuchowski wrote, referring to Harris.
“I say … write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!”
Referring to immigrants as “Illegal human ‘Locust’”, Zuchowski added: “We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families ... who supported their arrival!” In the same post, Zuchowski added screenshots from several Fox News stories claiming that the Biden administration’s immigration policies were fueling a “crime wave” and “destroying small towns”.
At least two commenters said they would be collecting the addresses of neighbors who publicly supported the Democratic ticket, reported the Portager, a local newspaper for the county. The Fox News coverage included photos from Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio, two small cities that have made national headlines after Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, spread false claims about immigrants there. Zuchowski’s comments have received widespread backlash, including from fellow Republicans.
The Portage county commissioner, Tony Badalamenti, publicly denounced the post and resigned from the county’s Republican central committee in a video posted to Facebook, the Portager reported. “This is not the leadership I want to be part of,” Badalamenti said. Referring to Zuchowski’s actions, Badalamenti added: “It scares people. It’s called bullying, from the highest law enforcement in Portage county, the sheriff’s office.”... - Read the Full Article,
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