Teen Trump supporter charged with threatening Harris supporters with machete
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- Oct 30, 2024
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Williams, a restaurant busboy, was being held without bond Wednesday morning at the Duval County Jail pending his initial appearance in court. His father did not immediately return a message left on his cellphone and no attorney information for Williams was listed in court records. The minimum sentence for aggravated assault on a senior in Florida is three years in prison. The maximum is 15.
Key said the seven juveniles with Williams did not appear to have committed any crimes, but the investigation is ongoing.
Duval County Democratic Chair Daniel Henry said Williams committed âa troubling act of intimidation.â
âViolence and intimidation have no place in our democratic process. The Duval County Democratic Party stands with those who seek to express their views peacefully and without fear of reprisal. We urge all citizens to continue engaging in civic activities respectfully and lawfully," Henry said in a statement.
Dean Black, Duval's Republican chair, thanked police for arresting Williams but said in a statement that Democrats and others are to blame for the angry political atmosphere surrounding the election.
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âIn an environment of high political tension, where President Trump has survived two assassination attempts and Republican supporters are derided as Nazis and called âgarbageâ by Joe Biden, we urge calm,â Black said.
President Biden, speaking Tuesday about a comedian at a weekend Trump rally calling Puerto Rico "a floating island of garbage," said, "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters."
The 19-year-old Pennsylvania man who fired at Trump during a July rally, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was a registered Republican but had made a $15 donation to a Democratic group. Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
Ryan Routh, who was charged last month with staking out Trump at his Florida golf course in hopes of shooting him, was once a registered Democrat but says he voted for Trump in 2016. He is currently a registered independent. He also wrote a book calling for Iran to assassinate Trump.
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