Posted on 08/04/2026 7:04:32 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
Police arrested a Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate Aug. 1 after a violent altercation with another beachgoer at Keawakapu Beach in South Kihei, Hawaii.
Authorities charged 40-year-old Kirill Basin with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening after the altercation with a 61-year-old man, according to Hawaii News Now. Basin is running to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda.
Police said the incident began when Basin threatened the bystander, who had asked him to turn down his music, according to the outlet.
Basin allegedly suggested he had a firearm and threatened to shoot the man’s wife. A physical altercation ensued, during which Basin allegedly picked up a knife, using it to threaten other beachgoers before throwing it into the ocean.
The altercation appeared to end when the 61-year-old man knocked out Basin with a single punch to the face, video posted to social media shows.
Police previously arrested Basin for incidents involving assault and property damage, according to Hawaii News Now. Locals have also taken out restraining orders against him, the outlet noted.
Maui County Council member Thomas Cook said he filed a restraining order against Basin after he interrupted a council meeting in May.
Cook alleged that Basin was “aggressive and confrontational” and had “threatened violence against police” and another council member, Hawaii News Now reported.
Other reports alleged that Basin “brandished a weapon in a county office building in a confrontation with county employees” in May.
Basin’s campaign website calls on Hawaiians to urgently reject hatred and division and “act with love.”
“Aloha is the animating spirit of the change we need to make,” the website says. “Hate and grievance motivate the political ecosystem of bad decisions and indecision. Replicating that will not produce the cooperation we need for things to happen.”
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Racist or just hates haolis.
reject hatred and division and “act with love
Sometimes the act of love involves punching another in the face
“The altercation appeared to end when the 61-year-old man knocked out Basin with a single punch to the face, video posted to social media shows.”
LOL!😆😂
The idiot Dem Politician talked tough - FA’d and FO
only disappointment is that the ‘Old Man’ directed anti-white racism to the guy
Yeah, I heard him yell ‘Haole’ into Krills’s face.
My first thought is, sometimes people make insulting remarks when they get really fired up-MAD at somebody. Maybe the older guy normally would not call people that slur, but it was different with Basin-Boy, who seemed determined to press everybody’s buttons until he got equal pushback.
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