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Man Behind GOP Tent Attack Allegedly Reveals Why He Did It, and It’s Not Good [Jacksonville, FL]
Red State ^ | 3:00 pm on February 11, 2020 | by Nick Arama

Posted on 02/11/2020 12:56:54 PM PST by Red Badger

On Saturday, a man in a van drove into a tent with Trump campaign volunteers in it who were registering people to vote. The incident took place in a Walmart parking lot in Jacksonville, Florida. Fortunately, the people in the tent were able to jump out of the way in time. But the man allegedly got out of the vehicle and gave the finger to the volunteers before he sped away and he videoed at least part of the incident.

That last action seemed to make it very clear that it wasn’t an accident and that it was a targeted attack.

The man allegedly behind the attack, 27 year old Gregory Timm, was later arrested and he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a person over 65 years old, criminal mischief and driving without a license.

Police have now talked with the man and confirmed it was a deliberate attack, according to the police. Timm allegedly said he didn’t like President Donald Trump and that was part of the reason he ran over the tent.

From News 4 Jax:

According to JSO investigators who tracked him down, Timm admitted to purposefully driving into the tent because “someone had to take a stand.”

Timm told investigators he saw the registration tent after he went to pick up food and cigarettes and a nearby Walmart, according to JSO.

He then showed investigators a video he recorded while driving towards the tent, according to JSO, but the video cut out before he hit the tent. According to the report, Timm said he was upset that the video ended before “the good part.”

Timm said he waited until there were no people in front of the tent before he ran it over although, JSO investigators noted in the report, the video showed people still standing there.

The case hasn’t gotten a lot of national media attention, although we know had the shoe been on the other foot, there would have been wall-to-wall coverage.

While local Republicans and Democrats, national Republicans and even the president have condemned the attack, there’s been no word from national Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Indeed, on Sunday, Pelosi at an event said that what she would advise children who might be interested in politics that they “gotta be ready to throw a punch.”

Even the statement from the local Democrat, the president of the Duval Democratic Party, while condemning the act, is a bit twisted.

“The perpetrator of this violent and cowardly act should not be used by either side to politicize or demonize fellow Americans. We hope the Duval GOP will join us in asking our fellow citizens to act with dignity, civility and respect for one another during this election cycle and beyond. Acts of violence shouldn’t be politized.”

In other words how dare the GOP point out that this was a targeted political attack against them. Wow.

It isn’t hard to believe that this guy was whipped up by the demonizing of Trump by Democrats when he says things like he “had to take a stand.” He is responsible for his own actions. But Democrats need to stop the extremism, the demonizing and condemn acts of violence like this, unequivocally.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; aoc; bernie; florida; maga; theleft; tlaib; violence
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Mugshot from police

1 posted on 02/11/2020 12:56:54 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

He bears an odd resemblance to Dylan Roof.


2 posted on 02/11/2020 12:58:52 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Red Badger

“Reveals Why He Did It, and It’s Not Good”

Well, how COULD it be good?

Also just noticed he’s got that little right-side-of-the-mouth sneer like little Greta - are they related?


3 posted on 02/11/2020 1:00:20 PM PST by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: Red Badger

Good grief. Bet he’s an incel too.


4 posted on 02/11/2020 1:00:31 PM PST by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: Red Badger
Acts of violence shouldn’t be politized

This--from the party that shows up at mass shootings like ghouls and starts screaming for more gun control...

How f&^*ing stupid does he think we are?
5 posted on 02/11/2020 1:01:30 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Red Badger

Acts of violence shouldn’t be politized.”..said a local Dem

go screw yourself.

you guys would put it on the news 24/7 if it was the other way around.

I HATE having to use “screw” instead of the usual, but the New Years resolution is holding strong for a while now.

Might as well keep it going :)


6 posted on 02/11/2020 1:01:37 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Vigilante justice needed here.


7 posted on 02/11/2020 1:03:33 PM PST by Nothingburger
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To: Red Badger

If it was a Democrat tent he drove at, he would totally be a white supremacist.

You see a blond actor in a Hollywood movie or TV show, 8 to 1 he’s the villain.

This poor guy was probably trying to redeem himself.


8 posted on 02/11/2020 1:04:18 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: Red Badger

Justice would best be served if he is held without bail for attempted murder and put in with the county jail’s general population.


9 posted on 02/11/2020 1:08:05 PM PST by allendale (.)
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To: Red Badger

Democrats, the party of hatred


10 posted on 02/11/2020 1:08:54 PM PST by proud American in Canada (Still heartbroken over the loss of Neil Peart. I hope that Neil caught the myth.)
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To: dp0622

I usually use the word “fornicate.”


11 posted on 02/11/2020 1:09:17 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

“The perpetrator of this violent and cowardly act should not be used by either side to politicize or demonize fellow Americans.”

Quick, say that the next time the Left slathers on the demonizations after some supposed right winger does something!

But we’re supposed to be nice to them.


12 posted on 02/11/2020 1:09:23 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Acts of violence shouldn’t be politized.”..said a local Dem

They didn't have any problem politicizing the mass shooting at the Gabby Giffords rally in Tuscon. In fact, they politicized it before any facts about the shooter had come out.

Of course, when the congressional Republican baseball team got shot up by an infuriated leftist, we were warned not to politicize that.

13 posted on 02/11/2020 1:10:11 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: allendale

Why does Red State say “the man allegedly behind the attack”? The criminal leftist loser admits he did it and he supplied a video of it. Stop the “allegedly” crap.


14 posted on 02/11/2020 1:10:13 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Red Badger

And hating Donald Trump does that mean you have the right to run over a 65 year old man you idiot. I mean you mean SOB


15 posted on 02/11/2020 1:10:24 PM PST by proud American in Canada (Still heartbroken over the loss of Neil Peart. I hope that Neil caught the myth.)
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To: Red Badger

The fact that this hate crime is being purposely hidden by the corrupt liberal MSM shows they are truly the enemy of the people and fake news.


16 posted on 02/11/2020 1:11:34 PM PST by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: cgbg

As stupid as his voters....................


17 posted on 02/11/2020 1:11:46 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

A deliberate terrorist attack, which the DNC encourages. It has received no media attention because then they’d be forced to condemn instead of praise it.


18 posted on 02/11/2020 1:12:22 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Red Badger

The president of the Duval Democratic Party exemplifies the phrase “Democrats are filth.”


19 posted on 02/11/2020 1:12:37 PM PST by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: ronniesgal

Well, he’s going to jail for a long time.

He won’t be an incel for long.......................


20 posted on 02/11/2020 1:13:08 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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