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Sancho

(9,224 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:05 PM 13 hrs ago

Not news yet, but Trump's pick for Fl Governor is accused of assault....

https://www.tampafp.com/florida-governor-candidate-byron-donalds-sued-over-2022-grocery-store-confrontation/#google_vignette

A confrontation inside a Naples, Florida, gourmet grocery store has led to a civil assault lawsuit against U.S. Representative Byron Donalds, a leading Republican candidate for Florida governor.

Kelly Mason, a member of the Collier County School Board, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday. The legal action comes roughly one month before the state’s August 18 Republican primary, where Donalds holds a significant lead. Donalds also has the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

The lawsuit, first reported by the Daily Mail, alleges that the incident took place in August 2022 inside the grocery store. According to the court filings, Donalds “deliberately confronted” Mason and “aggressively cornered her” while her husband and two young children were present. The suit claims Donalds “threatened that he could ‘crush’ or ‘finish’ her.”

Video footage from the interaction shows Donalds shouting at Mason as she walks away from him. In the recording, Donalds states, “Tell the truth…End it Kelly… Stop the lawsuits.”


There's video.
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Not news yet, but Trump's pick for Fl Governor is accused of assault.... (Original Post) Sancho 13 hrs ago OP
But, but, but......................... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #1
he is not a "natural born republican so may not carry the "plot armor" rampartd 12 hrs ago #2
Good ornotna 12 hrs ago #3
*shocking* durablend 12 hrs ago #4
Listen, any state popsdenver 11 hrs ago #5
Republicans won't give a flying fuck. These are the same people who ran (and voted for) fucking Roy Moore, and quite Karasu 10 hrs ago #6
Beating up on women will probably help him in the GOP primary. SamuelAdams 10 hrs ago #7
More reporting....getting some attention. Not as much as a Democrat would get...but.... Sancho 8 hrs ago #8

Lovie777

(24,728 posts)
1. But, but, but.........................
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:09 PM
13 hrs ago

he's a republican. Rules, laws, moral, assaults, bad behavior, cheating and stealing, fraud, et al, is ok with the co called Christians.

popsdenver

(2,916 posts)
5. Listen, any state
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:41 PM
11 hrs ago

that elects a person as their U.S. Senator.............after, as CEO, of his Health Care Corporation in Florida, was found guilty of stealing 1.4 Billion Dollars from Medicare......

Does anything that happens in Florida surprise anyone?????.......It shouldn't, any more than what happens in TEXAS........

Karasu

(2,446 posts)
6. Republicans won't give a flying fuck. These are the same people who ran (and voted for) fucking Roy Moore, and quite
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:46 PM
10 hrs ago

nearly WON by doing so.

SamuelAdams

(459 posts)
7. Beating up on women will probably help him in the GOP primary.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 07:03 PM
10 hrs ago

Trump certainly won't withdraw his endorsement over it.

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