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Dulcinea

(7,201 posts)
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:20 PM Aug 18

A fight broke out at the opening of a Trump campaign office in Valdosta, police say

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) An altercation broke out at a recent Donald Trump campaign office opening in Valdosta when a conservative activist confronted a Republican state legislator who sponsored changes to the state’s election laws, according to interviews and a police report.

The scuffle took place near the end of the campaign’s office opening on July 29, an otherwise celebratory event that drew dozens of attendees and several Republican state legislators. No charges were filed, though authorities say the confrontation turned physical.

State Rep. John LaHood, R-Valdosta, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that after he finished speaking he went to mingle with the crowd when activist Sam Carnline of Cairo confronted him with his concerns that a series of election-related measures weren’t strong enough.

Georgia’s election system has come under fire since Trump’s narrow 2020 defeat, and Carnline is among the activists who have pressed for paper ballots over the current voting system. Multiple investigations and recounts have confirmed the results of Trump’s loss, although he has continued to claim he was robbed.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-fight-broke-out-at-the-opening-of-a-trump-campaign-office-in-valdosta-police-say/2HYC2E3ZUVADZHWPHXYUMEUXO4/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TodaysTop5(TT5)&utm_content=6389749

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A fight broke out at the opening of a Trump campaign office in Valdosta, police say (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 18 OP
Popcorn, get yer popcorn! FSogol Aug 18 #1
July 29, 2024 Bev54 Aug 18 #2
You're not Trumpy enough! keithbvadu2 Aug 18 #3
You are not preventing enough Black people from voting...EXACTLY what this is about. Eliot Rosewater Aug 18 #5
Can't have anyone but white males voting. yourout Aug 18 #4
White Christian males.... Eventually only the right religion white Christian males. keithbvadu2 Aug 18 #6
From demon to demonspawn: "You just aren't evil enough." Ilsa Aug 18 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(32,164 posts)
5. You are not preventing enough Black people from voting...EXACTLY what this is about.
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:32 PM
Aug 18

Dont know about you, but when they try and steal this election, we are gonna have to be VERY ADAMANT that we wont let them.

Ilsa

(62,091 posts)
7. From demon to demonspawn: "You just aren't evil enough."
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:57 PM
Aug 18

The only thing about this that pleases me is their willingness to draw blood from each other.

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