Photo via Duval County GOP Twitter.
Police have arrested a man who reportedly drove his van into a GOP voter registration tent in Florida. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department, 27-year-old Gregory Timm was charged with aggravated assault on Saturday.
#JSO has arrested the suspect who drove through the voter registration tent in the area of 11900 Atlantic Boulevard.
Gregory Timm has been charged with Aggravated Assault, Criminal Mischief, and Driving While Driver’s License Suspended. pic.twitter.com/zGKbR2VTg0
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) February 9, 2020
Reports said Timm plowed into a tent full of Trump supporters in a Jacksonville shopping center parking lot. The tent was organized by volunteers to help register new voters.
The man allegedly drove up and waved at the party before suddenly accelerating directly into them.
Today in Jacksonville, Florida six Trump Campaign volunteers were intentionally targeted while registering voters. pic.twitter.com/0wzaCYh5ut
— Duval County GOP (@DuvalGOP) February 8, 2020
Luckily, no one was injured. However, witnesses said the driver came within inches of them.
“After he ran over everything, he backed up, took out a cellphone, kind of recorded the damage, made some obscene gestures at us and then proceeded to leave the complex,” explained one volunteer.
The sheriff’s office said they are working to determine a motive. In the meantime, it remains unclear whether the attack was politically motivated.
“We are outraged by this senseless act of violence toward our great volunteers. The Republican Party of Duval County will not be intimidated by these cowards and we will not be silenced. I call on every Republican in our great city to stand up, get involved and show these radicals that we will not be intimidated from exercising our Constitutional rights.” – Dean Black, Duval County GOP Chairman
Photo via Duval County GOP Twitter.
