Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says one of his campaign canvassers 'was brutally attacked' in what he later described as a politically motivated assault.
Sen. Marco Rubio reacts to a speaker on the first day of voting in Miami, Oct. 24, 2022.Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday morning that one of his campaign canvassers "was brutally attacked" in what he later described as a politically motivated assault.
"We know that someone wearing a Rubio shirt and a [Gov. Ron] DeSantis hat was walking in the neighborhood not far from here yesterday when four individuals assaulted him," Rubio said at a get-out-the-vote rally in Hialeah on Monday afternoon.The senator also tweeted graphic photos of what he said were the injuries the man received, writing that the victim's assailants "told him Republicans weren't allowed in their neighborhood.
"Mr. Lopez told the victim he was not allowed to walk on the sidewalk and pass out fliers in his neighborhood," police claimed in their statement. "The victim, in order to avoid the confrontation walked across the street where he was again confronted by Mr. Lopez. During the verbal dispute, Mr. Lopez then struck the victim multiple times in the face and head causing the injuries.
A local Republican Party official confirmed to ABC News that the injured man is a former member of the Miami-Dade GOP Executive Committee.