A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place.Authorities Say That’s Fine

[workinclasszero]

A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place. Authorities Say That’s Fine.
The incident happened in the wealthiest county in America.
Ryan J. Reilly Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post 11/04/2016 07:29 pm ET

WASHINGTON ― A man wearing a Donald Trump shirt and carrying a weapon stood outside a voting location in Loudoun County, Virginia, on Friday. Authorities in the nation’s richest county are apparently OK with that.

Erika Cotti encountered the man when she went to vote at the county’s registrar’s office, she told The Huffington Post. Virginia doesn’t have early voting per se, but voters can cast in-person absentee ballots for a host of reasons, like if they’re going to be out of the county or city on Election Day.

“I had my 9-year-old son with me. I felt intimidated,” Cotti said. “And I had to explain to my 9-year-old why a man with a 357 magnum is standing outside the polling station.”

Cotti said the man offered her a Republican sample ballot, which she declined.

“He’s like, ‘Who are you going to vote for, crooked Hillary?’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporter-gun-voter-intimidation-virginia_us_581cf16ee4b0aac624846eb5

[Tom Rivers]

1. republicans can not win on the merit of their own ideas

only through suppression, depression, intimidation, and lies.

[Cha]

5. The party of nothing but suppression, depression, intimidation, and lies.

And, the head of the snake is an admitted sexual predator.

[workinclasszero]

13. The republican party has given up on freedom and democracy

They are a fascist, strongman worshiping violent theocratic cult now.

I hope people in this country wake up soon.

[RKP5637]

27. They should be constantly branded as such!!! Far too many Americans IMO think they're voting for

Eisenhower era republicans, far too ignorant and uninformed to comprehend what the new republican party is about. It's frightening and makes me seriously wonder about the future of America.

[treestar]

16. Yes, I wonder that they don't see that

their actions indicate that.

[Cosmocat]

2. We are THAT close

nm

[onehandle]

3. This is today's average Republican. Nothing to do with Trump. This has been the core for decades. nt

[dalton99]

10. The only difference is Trump is actively and openly encouraging it

[Cha]

4. They sound like gd robots turned out by drumpfuckhead

sneaker fucker sounds like he was trying voter intimidation to me.

Yeah, it's a "free country" now.. that why sane people are voting for Hillary so it will stay that way.

Thanks for this, working.

[workinclasszero]

17. If an armed man with a Trump shirt on

insults you at the polling place because you are a democrat...how is this not voter intimidation?

This country has gone batshit insane Cha.

[Cha]

21. It is. And, I just hope no one gets hurt or worse by these

fascist assholes.

[Ilsa]

6. Take the sample gop ballot,

Walk away, tear it in half and throw it in the trash. One less piece of garbage to spread around.

Or, like Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, act excited and offer to pass out dozens of them, which you keep and trash when you get home.

[Divine Discontent]

8. I admit that'd be a very satisfying type of action

Referring to helping some bigoted group and then throwing away their hafeful propaganda...

Hahaha

[Divine Discontent]

7. Hopefully the DoJ will get in touch with her

DoJ hotline & Polling Harassment/Voting Issues

He cannot intimidate her by running down her candidate in any manner, especially the obvious "Crooked Hillary" brainwashed line of Donald Trump. And the gun.... Seriously.... HE'S the one that needs someone armed to be watching him, not the other way around. He must be told he cannot come. If he is allowed to get away with it, it'll inspire others. He needs to be in the news for being charged for voter intimidation, on Monday.

[appalachiablue]

11. Rec. The truth-

[Divine Discontent]

24. --

[workinclasszero]

20. Hell you are not even supposed to wear a shirt promoting a candidate at a polling place are you?

This creep had that plus a weapon plus he got up in this lady's face and insulted her choice of candidate!

And the authorities there are good with all that???

What the actual **ck!?

[HipChick]

9. Loudoun County is full of wealthy yt folk

If it were a member of the Black Panthers, there'd be a different outcome....

[appalachiablue]

12. You know it.

[workinclasszero]

14. No doubt

[Statistical]

15. Virginia is an open carry state. Honestly the authorities have no choice but to be "ok" with it.

Cops can't enforce non-existence laws.

[grossproffit]

19. In Arizona firearms are prohibited at polling places on election day. Arizona has sense.

http://www.azccw.com/WhereCanICarry.htm

[GulfCoast66]

22. So let's say She was a gun owner

And had her gun. And when an armed man approaches her and then harangues her for who she is supporting she feels like she and her child are at great risk from this armed man. So she shoots him dead. Does she get off? I am thinking if I was on the jury she just might.

[BlueCaliDem]

26. I wonder if those same authorities would've been ok with it if that man were Black? eom

[RKP5637]

28. If Black they would have likely killed him in often racist and bigoted America. n/t

[BlueCaliDem]

30. Yep. That's my thinking, too. Open-carry and being threatening to voters is only allowed if you're a

Teabagger White guy.

[lame54]

29. The New Blanched Panthers