Let’s see. You have a Republican canvasser passing out fliers in Florida, wearing a Marco Rubio t-shirt and a Ron DeSantis hat. He gets attacked so brutally, that he will need facial reconstruction surgery after suffering from internal bleeding and a broken jaw. Yet, the disgusting local Florida media is claiming somehow this attack was NOT politically motivated? Give me a god damn break!
Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida
He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery pic.twitter.com/36QpbySg58
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 24, 2022
Police arrested a 22-year-old man accused of attacking a canvasser handing out political flyers on Sunday evening in Hialeah.
According to the police report, the victim was distributing flyers at about 6:30 p.m. at East 60th Street and First Avenue when Javier Lopez attacked him.
The victim was campaigning for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who is running for reelection against Democratic Rep. Val Demings, the former police chief of Orlando.
“Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a (DeSantis) hat was brutally attacked by (four) animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their (Hialeah) neighborhood,” Rubio tweeted late Monday morning. “He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery.”
But a Hialeah police arrest report obtained by Local 10 News makes no mention of any additional attackers or any stated political motivation.