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Republican County chair arrested for beating up poll worker
KOGT Radio ^ | 2-19-14 | unattributed

Posted on 02/19/2014 6:47:54 AM PST by smokingfrog

A candidate for Orange County Republican County chair was arrested for beating up a poll worker outside an early voting site Tuesday afternoon. 70-year-old Jerry Wilson was arrested for Class A misdemeanor assault and taken to the Orange County jail. Vidor Police Chief Dave Shows said the victim in the attack was bleeding. He had a bloody nose, and injuries around the eyes and head. Chief Shows said the disturbance started at the early voting poll at the Vidor community center off Interstate 10. The victim was working for another candidate. The argument apparently started with a confrontation about campaign signs being too close for the distance rules, 100 feet away from a poll. Wilson and the victim exchanged words. Shows said Wilson was arrested and taken to the county jail. He was allowed to take his wheeled-oxygen tank with him.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: jerrywilson; orangetx
Bonus - Early voting results included.
1 posted on 02/19/2014 6:47:54 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Must have been a Democrat.

Who else would get their butt kicked by a 70-year old guy with a portable oxygen tank?


2 posted on 02/19/2014 6:51:14 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Shoot cops that shoot dogs.)
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To: smokingfrog

County Chair?

Make him the Speaker!!!

We need someone willing to fight!

I wouldn’t mind seeing a few bloody noses on the other side of the aisle!


3 posted on 02/19/2014 6:52:06 AM PST by G Larry
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To: smokingfrog

Vidor Texas.... nuff said.


4 posted on 02/19/2014 6:52:14 AM PST by deport
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To: smokingfrog
“70-year-old Jerry Wilson was arrested for Class A misdemeanor assault”

Yea right. A 70 year old man with a wheeled oxygen tank assaults people.

5 posted on 02/19/2014 6:53:00 AM PST by detective
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To: smokingfrog
Shades of ol' Johnnie B Rogers up in Burnet who punched out a reporter.
6 posted on 02/19/2014 6:55:33 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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To: smokingfrog

What! A Republican with fight in him! Hu knew such a creature existed!


7 posted on 02/19/2014 6:56:31 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: detective

Don’t you dare violate the 100 ft. rule in my precinct, by gum!


8 posted on 02/19/2014 6:58:08 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Arm_Bears
Who else would get their butt kicked by a 70-year old guy with a portable oxygen tank?

Obviously a democrat picking a fight he was sure he could win.

An omen, hopefully.

9 posted on 02/19/2014 7:06:05 AM PST by skeeter
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10 posted on 02/19/2014 7:11:35 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: smokingfrog
campaign signs being too close for the distance rules, 100 feet away from a poll.

I noticed the "100 foot distance" signs at our regular voting place yesterday. They've been doing that here for the past several elections.

11 posted on 02/19/2014 7:15:17 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Arm_Bears

LOL! True!


12 posted on 02/19/2014 7:20:21 AM PST by albie
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To: Arrowhead1952

They’ve been banning electioneering for at least 50 years in Texas.


13 posted on 02/19/2014 7:37:53 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee

I was referring to candidate signs not allowed within 100 feet from the polling entrance. People bring their lawn signs to the polling place and stick them in the ground.


14 posted on 02/19/2014 7:55:00 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: smokingfrog

I would surely like to know more about the “victim” in this case.


15 posted on 02/19/2014 8:06:39 AM PST by jstaff
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To: smokingfrog

swing a full oxygen tank at a democrat and you know what?

... probably hurts like hell.

My message to the victim: “Better put some ice on that”


16 posted on 02/19/2014 8:09:10 AM PST by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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To: smokingfrog
I see they got the party affiliation established in the first word of the headline.

LIV's are still unaware, meanwhile, that the corrupt thief Ray Nagin is a Democrat.

17 posted on 02/19/2014 8:24:08 AM PST by daler
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To: daler

Great point.


18 posted on 02/19/2014 8:32:38 AM PST by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: smokingfrog

Bet he had it coming.


19 posted on 02/19/2014 8:33:23 AM PST by old and tired
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To: jimjohn

lol


20 posted on 02/19/2014 2:01:31 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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