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safeinOhio

(32,674 posts)
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 03:03 AM Sep 2016

trump thugs come out in Ohio


http://thecourier.com/local-news/2016/09/09/democratic-volunteers-harassed-feared-for-safety-at-county-fair/
Flag City may not always be a friendly place for Democrats, but they haven’t felt unsafe in their own community, until now.
Volunteers working at the Democratic booth at the Hancock County Fair last week said they were insulted, called names, and in some cases harassed so much they felt threatened or physically intimidated.
“You’d see that at a (Donald) Trump rally,” said volunteer Doris Mapes. “This is exactly why we’re beginning to feel threatened for our safety.”
Mapes had a Hancock County sheriff’s deputy escort her to her car after her shift at the booth was over.
Deputies also more regularly patrolled the area where the Democratic booth was located, after volunteers reported some of the harassment, both Mapes and Hancock County Democratic Chairwoman Nancy Stephani said.
“They were fine with that,” Stephani said. “Sheriff’s deputies would much rather do that than later have to take a report on an assault.”
Both Mapes and Stephani suggested some of the behavior they saw is the result of what Trump has said and done on the campaign trail. The antagonists at the fair “made it clear” that they were Trump supporters, Mapes said.
“I think he’s tapping into the bullies,” Stephani said of Trump.
Stephani and Mapes are part of the political minority in Hancock County. No Democrats occupy an elected city office, and just one Democrat, Judge Reginald Routson, holds an elected position in county government.
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trump thugs come out in Ohio (Original Post) safeinOhio Sep 2016 OP
Your user name should be true, but these poor booth workers are Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #1
thugs Skittles Sep 2016 #2

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
1. Your user name should be true, but these poor booth workers are
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 03:12 AM
Sep 2016

seeing the effect of a year's worth of threatening language and guidance by drumfs hate.

I hope something can be done so this doesn't continue.

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