Florida man who struck Republican voter tent motivated by Trump opposition

The Florida man who drove his van into a Republican voter registration tent was motivated by his opposition to President Donald Trump, based on a newly launched police report.

“The suspect suggested that he doesn't like President Trump,” the Duval County Sheriff’s Office report of Gregory Timm’s arrest says. The report detailed one more reason for the Saturday attack, through which nobody was injured, nevertheless it was redacted. The report does say that Timm “ suggested the other purpose was ‘it’s like somebody shitting on your grave.’”

Timm, 27, reportedly accelerated his car towards the tent and tables, whereas multiple victims moved to avoid being struck. Timm then knocked over a number of tables, chairs and the tent together with his automotive, in accordance with the report, and received out of his car, took out his telephone and “flipped them off” before driving away.

Timm “willingly” showed officers the video, which cuts off earlier than he struck the tent, the police report says, and “the suspect was upset that the video ended earlier than ‘the great half.’”

The episode was extensively condemned by Republicans, together with Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida and the state’s lawyer common, Ashley Moody. Trump additionally denounced the assault on Saturday, posting on Twitter: “Regulation Enforcement has been notified. Be cautious robust guys who you play with!”

A Trump campaign spokesperson, Rick Gorka, advised POLITICO on Tuesday that the “attack on President Donald Trump’s supporters will only encourage our staff to work more durable to win Florida again in November.”

Florida is a must-win for Trump, who dominated throughout the state in 2016 and outperformed past Republican candidates amongst older, white and blue collar voters.The president, a lifelong New Yorker, additionally modified his main residence from Manhattan to Palm Seashore, Fla. in September, using his Mar-a-Lago resort as his everlasting residence.

Marc Caputo contributed to this report.

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