An Ohio sheriff is being accused of bullying his constituents after a social media publish suggesting individuals ship him the addresses of residents with Kamala Harris yard indicators.
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski apparently made a Facebook post on Friday, pondering how issues may be totally different ought to Harris be elected in November.
Zuchowski, who is running for reelection, recommended that folks “write down all of the addresses of the individuals who had her indicators of their yards!” in order that “when the Unlawful human ‘Locust’ (which she helps!) Want locations to stay…We’ll have already got the addresses of the their New households…who supported their arrival!”
Zuchowski’s publish appeared to reference the problems presently dealing with Springfield, Ohio, about 200 miles away.
Tensions within the roughly 60,000-person metropolis have been amped up over the past week after former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that authorized immigrants from Haiti had been consuming cats and canines.
Since then, Springfield residents have been subjected to bomb threats and basic threats of violence that closed colleges and authorities workplaces.
Many individuals in Portage County had been shocked by Zuchowski’s social media rhetoric, and a few have filed complaints with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), numerous state and federal businesses, in addition to members of Congress, according to the Portager.
Portage County Commissioner Tony Badalamenti, who, like Zuchowski, is a Republican, was so angered by the publish that he resigned from the county’s Republican Central Committee, saying in a Facebook video that “that is not the management I wish to be a part of.”
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He added: “[Zuchowski] posted that we should always all copy down the addresses of the those who show political indicators that are totally different from our beliefs. It scares individuals. It’s known as bullying, from the very best legislation enforcement official in Portage County.”
HuffPost reached out to Zuchowski for remark, however he didn’t instantly reply, nor has he commented publicly after limiting the feedback on his publish, according to Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC.
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