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17-year-old ‘Trumper punched old women at rally’
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17-year-old ‘Trumper punched old women at rally’

a 17 year old Donald Trump A supporter has been charged with assault after a 70-year-old woman was allegedly punched to the ground in a fight. Kamala Harris Rally in Florida.

On Saturday, the teenager wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt allegedly hit Kathleen Tomasko in the stomach, knocking her to the ground and causing hip pain.

Tomasko, who has been involved in political events for a long time, told local news site TCPalm that the coup caught him completely off guard: “I’m standing there and people are moving. This kid turned to me and punched me. I’m not doing it.” He knows where he comes from.”

TCPalm said the alleged attacker’s T-shirt featured a photo of Trump raising his middle finger in front of an American flag, and according to Tomasko, the teen angered people at a Stuart County rally with some friends, according to Tomasko.

“You know, there were four kids who were Trumpists, and it’s a Harris rally,” he said. “They were going back and forth and antagonizing people.”

Tomasko was attending the event held in conjunction with the nationwide Women’s March on the Roosevelt Bridge in Florida’s Martin County, and the rally was in support of both Harris and Harris. Amendment 4A Florida ballot measure that proposes protecting abortion rights in the state constitution.

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A protest by women supporting Kamala Harris and Amendment 4 in West Palm Beach, Florida, is one of several simultaneous protests across the state, Nov. 2, 2024. A young boy at the protest in Stuart, Florida…


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Stuart Police Department spokesman Brian Bossio confirmed the teen was charged with battery on a person 65 or older. crime Under Florida law.

Speaking to TCPalm, Bossio said, “Many people portrayed a man who walked away from the area as someone who battered or hit a woman,” adding that he detained the young man at the scene after the incident. news week contacted the Stuart Police Department by phone for further comment.

The impact left Tomasko on the ground, and although he initially refused medical treatment, he later considered seeking care for hip pain resulting from the fall. It was reported that the argument stemmed from an earlier verbal exchange between the 17-year-old youth and other rally participants.

Tomasko said that although he has been doing activism for years, he has never experienced such an incident. He said a friend from Massachusetts expressed his disbelief, saying, “We’ve been holding rallies like this for years, but nothing like this has ever happened.”

This wasn’t the only incident last week in which a young man who supported Trump assaulted an elderly woman who supported Harris in Florida.

Last Wednesday, I am 18 years old Caleb James Williams arrested and was charged with aggravated assault for swinging a machete at two women, ages 71 and 54, who were campaigning for Harris in Neptune Beach, Florida.

Police said Williams antagonized the women with seven other young men who were waving Trump flags.