A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison.

William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure.

In 2021, Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luna eventually won the primary and later the general election. She was re-elected last year.

Braddock spent months disparaging Luna and attempting to inject himself into her life, investigators said. During a June 2021 telephone call with Luna's friend, GOP activist Erin Olszewski, Braddock threatened to have Luna murdered by a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” if she continued to poll well in the race for the 13th District.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-florida-republican-congressional-candidate-223349978.html

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Brilliant!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

1. The ability of the human mind to be distorted into pretzels-like delusions

is amazing. Somehow it's always the Republicans who see opportunities for assertions of power and self-interest.

[Karasu]

2. How very Republican of him.

[louis-t]

3. That's one of my favorite responses.

Had a libertarian type tell me once that if thousands of people died because of a defective product, it was ok because no one would buy that product anymore and that was the 'free market'. I said "How very Republican of you to be willing to sacrifice thousands of your fellow citizens for your stupid ideology."

[Jack Valentino]

4. Nice to see that SOME court, SOMEWHERE, will prosecute a prominent Republican for THREATS made!

Of course, in this case it seems to have gone a little beyond threats,
but I'll take what we can get.