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Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota; Democrat Staffer Calls for Beheading
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<blockquote data-quote="NightHawkeye" data-source="post: 73289284" data-attributes="member: 265226"><p>From the "<em>decidedly uncivil</em>" files: <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/two-gop-candidates-assaulted-minnesota/" target="_blank">Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota | Attacks come as state Democrats suspend staffer for beheading post</a></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Minnesota Republican Party chairman Jennifer Carnahan said the suspension was not enough, calling for his immediate firing in the aftermath of separate attacks against Republican candidates. <strong><span style="color: #0000ff">She said she has been subjected to numerous death threats</span></strong> during her tenure as the state party leader and that death threats are no laughing matter.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>...</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>The suspension came days after Minnesota state representative Sarah Anderson was punched in the arm after spotting a man destroying Republican yard signs. She said the attack left her scared, and her attacker only desisted when she fled to her car and threw it in reverse.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"It was just insane. He was charging at me, saying, ‘<strong><span style="color: #0000ff">Why don't you go kill yourself?'" Anderson told the Washington Free Beacon. "To have someone physically coming after you and attacking you is just disheartening</span></strong>."</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>...</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>First-time state representative candidate <strong><span style="color: #0000ff">Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion</span></strong> after getting sucker punched while speaking with constituents at a restaurant in Benton County. Mekeland told the Free Beacon he has suffered memory loss—forgetting Rep. Anderson's name at one point in the interview—and doctors tell him he will have a four-to-six week recovery time ahead of him. He said he was cold cocked while sitting at a high top table at a local eatery and hit his head on the floor</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightHawkeye, post: 73289284, member: 265226"] From the "[I]decidedly uncivil[/I]" files: [url=https://freebeacon.com/politics/two-gop-candidates-assaulted-minnesota/]Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota | Attacks come as state Democrats suspend staffer for beheading post[/url] [INDENT][I]Minnesota Republican Party chairman Jennifer Carnahan said the suspension was not enough, calling for his immediate firing in the aftermath of separate attacks against Republican candidates. [B][COLOR=#0000ff]She said she has been subjected to numerous death threats[/COLOR][/B] during her tenure as the state party leader and that death threats are no laughing matter. ... The suspension came days after Minnesota state representative Sarah Anderson was punched in the arm after spotting a man destroying Republican yard signs. She said the attack left her scared, and her attacker only desisted when she fled to her car and threw it in reverse. "It was just insane. He was charging at me, saying, ‘[B][COLOR=#0000ff]Why don't you go kill yourself?'" Anderson told the Washington Free Beacon. "To have someone physically coming after you and attacking you is just disheartening[/COLOR][/B]." ... First-time state representative candidate [B][COLOR=#0000ff]Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion[/COLOR][/B] after getting sucker punched while speaking with constituents at a restaurant in Benton County. Mekeland told the Free Beacon he has suffered memory loss—forgetting Rep. Anderson's name at one point in the interview—and doctors tell him he will have a four-to-six week recovery time ahead of him. He said he was cold cocked while sitting at a high top table at a local eatery and hit his head on the floor[/I].[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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