Posted on 09/29/2024 9:00:48 AM PDT by DFG
A former congressional candidate was charged over allegations that he threatened to dispatch a hit squad to murder his political opponent while he was running against Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
William Braddock, 41, of St. Petersburg, Fla. is accused of making the alleged threats on June 8, 2021 — including one where he threatened to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to take out his rival.
Prosecutors did not outright name the victim, but at the time, he was vying against fellow Republican Luna and he was allegedly caught on audio calling the lawmaker a “dead squirrel” and “a f—ing speed bump in the road.”
Braddock later fled the US to the Philippines, where he was eventually extradited. He was charged with a count of interstate transmission of a true threat to injure another person, according to the Justice Department. He made an appearance in a Los Angeles federal court on Thursday.
Luna — who recently said she had received a “very serious shooting threat” — went on to win the election in that race and was first sworn into Congress in January 2023. She previously lost that seat to former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist during the 2020 cycle.
A conservative activist had recorded Braddock making a chilling threat against the future Sunshine State rep.
“I really don’t want to have to end anybody’s life for the good of the people of the United States of America,” he was heard saying in the audio, which was reported by Politico.
“That will break my heart. But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done. Luna is a f—ing speed bump in the road. She’s a dead squirrel you run over every day when you leave the neighborhood.”
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Well, well, well.
Don’t expect to see this on any Legacy Media outlets.
Looks like that Vindman reptile.
“Don’t expect to see this on any Legacy Media outlets.”
Why not?
It appears to be on several news outlets.
She's totally awesome mentally and physically.
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL!
Well, he IS a democrat AND a thug - or am I repeating myself? So he'll get a pass. And if we object it'll be used against us in court if Commie La 'wins'...
“So he’ll get a pass”
Not in Florida he won’t.
You’re right - DeSantis does NOT have a sense of humor about democrat thugs and goons. The bully won’t get a pass here in Florida. But on a national level? The corrupt ‘press’ will give him a pass. I should have written my comment better.
“You’re right - DeSantis does NOT have a sense of humor about democrat thugs and goons. The bully won’t get a pass here in Florida. But on a national level? The corrupt ‘press’ will give him a pass. I should have written my comment better.”
Then, we have that in common. I lost my sense of humor (what little I had back then) about Democrats decades ago. That came from observing carefully everything they said and did, which included even parroting the crap coming from CPUSA (or ... was it the other way around... one wonders, even now).
Good for Florida.
No biggie.
Ashley Moody will deal with this jackass accordingly.
There's probably a GoFundMe page for this a-hole's defense and to send him a balloon bouquet with a basket of muffins.
Biden is preparing BraddocK’s Presidential Medal of Honor as we type.
Dang!!!!!
These are not opponents, but monsters.
He looks like he has had his head reattached.
😂😂😂
Why couldn’t they be bothered to put (D) after his name...I mean, he could have been a political rival on the same side, for which they most definitely would have affixed the (R). Oh, nevermind, I remember the msm rules. I also know Republicans are the party of violence and riots ;)
He’ll be a hero to the whatevers at the New York Times...
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