WV Dem candidate beaten at political fundraising event

[WOT?*]

This is just crazy.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/west-virginia-state-senate-candidate-veteran-brutally-beaten-n570271

West Virginia state Senate candidate Richard Ojeda was brutally beaten during a cookout Sunday — just two days before his primary — and nearly run over with a pickup truck, Ojeda told NBC News.

Jonathan Stuart Porter, 41, was in custody Sunday. State Trooper Zachary Holden told NBC News he was being held on suspicion of malicious assault, malicious attempted assault and felony destruction of property.

[2curlydogs]

Holy fuck.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Is that the Trump supporter "democrat"? I cannot remember. Either way, ugh.

[debatethis]

This is the "JFK with tattoos and a bench press" guy that Politico profiled a few days ago, too.

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/02/richard-ojeda-west-virginia-blue-army-one-217217

[seeyalater52]

Mar 7, 2018 13:16:30 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

Is that the Trump supporter "democrat"? I cannot remember. Either way, ugh.

Yes. 

[iammalcolmx]

Mar 7, 2018 13:16:30 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

Is that the Trump supporter "democrat"? I cannot remember. Either way, ugh.

Yup. So suddenly I case less about someone beating the shit out of him.

[vicky]

What the fuck

[WOT?*]

Well, since it was already answered, yes, this is *that* guy. But to be beaten up as a candidate is crazy.

(And now I wonder what the political beliefs are of the guy that beat him. Is he a Trump supporter ticked that Ojeda is running as a Democrat? Or a Democrat that read the article about Ojeda being a Trump supporter? Either way it’s appalling and not what we’re supposed to be about. But this is who we are today, I guess.)

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

And OMG I am in the middle of the History Chicks podcast on Jacquie Kennedy. JFK is not, even a little, someone I would want to emulate. What a garbage person he was. I am sure this guy is slightly worse, but damn.

[pixy0stix]

Whoah. To all of it. I didn't find him very sympathetic in his politico article, but this is nuts.

[seeyalater52]

Maybe I'm a jerk, but with him knowing the perpetrator, I'm not convinced this was politically motivated. I think it's in Ojeda's campaign's interest to spin it that way, but his statement sounds more like campaigning/spin to me than like it was truly a political incident.

I could be wrong.

[WOT?*]

Mar 7, 2018 13:27:37 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Maybe I'm a jerk, but with him knowing the perpetrator, I'm not convinced this was politically motivated. I think it's in Ojeda's campaign's interest to spin it that way, but his statement sounds more like campaigning/spin to me than like it was truly a political incident.

I could be wrong.

Pssst: you’re not a total jerk. And you’re not the only cynic. My qualm was the extreme that this was taken and would someone *really* be willing to go to jail for doing this? But the thought did cross my mind when I first clicked on the article.

[pixy0stix]

Mar 7, 2018 13:27:37 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Maybe I'm a jerk, but with him knowing the perpetrator, I'm not convinced this was politically motivated. I think it's in Ojeda's campaign's interest to spin it that way, but his statement sounds more like campaigning/spin to me than like it was truly a political incident.

I could be wrong.

Same. He's known his attacker for years. I'm betting there's bad blood between them.

[notreal]

Mar 7, 2018 13:27:37 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Maybe I'm a jerk, but with him knowing the perpetrator, I'm not convinced this was politically motivated. I think it's in Ojeda's campaign's interest to spin it that way, but his statement sounds more like campaigning/spin to me than like it was truly a political incident.

I could be wrong.

He's a known hot head and his supporters eat this stuff up. Yesterday, during the livestream of the teacher vote, he was working the hell out of a stress ball and there were so many comments on the stream about, "look at Ojeda, he's trying hard not to punch someone out," "look at Ojeda, he's going to hit someone with that stress ball."

Edited, sorry, I was agreeing with you.

[iammalcolmx]

I'm a jerk but yall know how petty I am when it comes to Trump voters............

[mrhanky]

You guys know this article is from May 16 before the Dem primary for his state senate seat? I read it and was like, he got beat up again?!
I don’t condone violence, but I doubt this attack was politically motivated. And Ojeda is a piece of shit.

[mrhanky]

For the record he pled guilty and was sentenced to 1-5 years. He also says he was provoked. www.wsaz.com/content/news/West-Virginia-State-Senate-candidate-injured-in-attack-378578156.html

[notreal]

Mar 7, 2018 14:13:48 GMT -5 mrhanky said:

You guys know this article is from May 16 before the Dem primary for his state senate seat? I read it and was like, he got beat up again?!
I don’t condone violence, but I doubt this attack was politically motivated. And Ojeda is a piece of shit.

I admit, I didn't read the article, I know fail, but figured with him, it wasn't that far out of the realm of possibility it could have happened again.

[mrhanky]

Mar 7, 2018 14:17:37 GMT -5 notreal said:

Mar 7, 2018 14:13:48 GMT -5 mrhanky said:

You guys know this article is from May 16 before the Dem primary for his state senate seat? I read it and was like, he got beat up again?!
I don’t condone violence, but I doubt this attack was politically motivated. And Ojeda is a piece of shit.

I admit, I didn't read the article, I know fail, but figured with him, it wasn't that far out of the realm of possibility it could have happened again.

I really hope someone else wins the dem primary. I do not want to vote for this guy.