Minnesota state representative Sarah Anderson told the WFB that she was "punched in the arm" after stopping someone she said was destroying GOP lawn signs. The man wheeled on her and attacked, chasing her to her car and only stopping when she threw her car into reverse and fled the scene.
"It was just insane. He was charging at me, saying, ‘Why don't you go kill yourself?'" Anderson told WFB reporter Bill McMorris. "To have someone physically coming after you and attacking you is just disheartening."
A second Republican candidate, Shane Mekeland, who is running for state representative, says he was "sucker punched" while speaking to a group of potential constituents at a campaign stop. He was sitting at a high-top table at a local restaurant when a man stepped up and hit him, leaving Mekeland with a concussion that could take four-to-six weeks to heal.
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"It was just insane. He was charging at me, saying, ‘Why don't you go kill yourself?'" Anderson told WFB reporter Bill McMorris. "To have someone physically coming after you and attacking you is just disheartening."
A second Republican candidate, Shane Mekeland, who is running for state representative, says he was "sucker punched" while speaking to a group of potential constituents at a campaign stop. He was sitting at a high-top table at a local restaurant when a man stepped up and hit him, leaving Mekeland with a concussion that could take four-to-six weeks to heal.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37266/two-republican-candidates-attacked-while-emily-zanotti