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Related: About this forumMan charged with threatening Iowa governor cites free speech
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) An Iowa man charged with leaving a threatening voicemail telling Gov. Kim Reynolds she should be hung for treason defended his comments Thursday as free speech, saying he was expressing opposition to COVID-19 restrictions.
Harvey Hunter Jr., 48, is charged with first-degree harassment for the profane Jan. 5 message he left on a governors office phone line set up to gather input over whether Reynolds should continue the partial statewide mask mandate.
Hunter called the GOP governor a dictator and said every single one of you need to be hung for treason for pushing this COVID scam, according to a criminal complaint filed in Polk County. Growing more intense, Hunter called Reynolds two derogatory names for women and said you need to be put in front of a firing squad, the complaint said.
Hunter last month turned himself in to face the charge, an aggravated misdemeanor that carries up to two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty, and his attorney recently filed a motion to take the governors deposition in the case. Trial is scheduled for June.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-charged-threatening-iowa-governor-165246890.html
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(41,362 posts)Reynolds handling of the Covid crisis has been appalling. She spent all of last year parroting Trump.
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Damn it Iowa you reelected Joni Ernst!! Putin's Princess doing whatever Putin's puppies tRump Giuliani Ron Johnson tell her to do and say.