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Angelica Torres says she was trying to exercise her First Amendment right when she was chocked and assaulted.
This would be breaking news on every major station if this was a Republican man choking a black female Democrat. But it’s not, because the lady being choked is a Republican.@leezeldin supporter. pic.twitter.com/uldlZTTdOj
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) November 6, 2022
Torres is a supporter of GOP gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Lee Zeldin.
Torres was seen on video being attacked and choked at a NYC event that was for Democratic Gov. Katy Hochul.
“I was pretty much defenseless, outnumbered, I was certainly shocked. I was definitely kind of like not expecting that to happen.” – Torres
“You know, we’re all very peaceful. And we were just there, just, you know, exercising our First Amendment, And we just wanted our voices to be heard.” – Torres
“I felt like my voice was trying to be silenced, I think it’s disgraceful what happened. You know, I think, you know, we’re supposed to have a middle ground where we can have agreements and have disagreements, but always be respectful.” – Torres
“I hope people understand that things are getting, you know, really bad in like the political field. You know, we can’t have civil conversations,” – Torres
“We can’t have debates without it getting violent. And I feel like they started to happen with Antifa. And unfortunately, people keep ignoring it like this isn’t happening and now it’s just going to escalate. And more and more.” – Torres
“I was there peacefully. I was there just voicing my opinion. And, you know, I didn’t want to hurt anyone, I believe in freedom. And just because, you know, people try to bully me and intimidate me doesn’t mean I’m going to change my stance on, you know, my morals and my beliefs.” – Torres
I have always condemned political violence of any kind, and Kathy Hochul must do the same. Her continued silence on her supporter choking out a woman simply exercising her First Amendment rights makes her complicit in this attack. pic.twitter.com/mDlPFkPdMs
— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) November 7, 2022
“I have always condemned political violence of any kind, and Kathy Hochul must do the same, Her continued silence on her supporter choking out a woman simply exercising her First Amendment rights makes her complicit in this attack.” – Zeldin
#Breakingnews
A fight breaks out during the @GovKathyHochul rally in NYC between Hochul supporters and Zeldin supporters
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Here is the video
At the Rally for governor Hochul a counter protesters was choked during the protest. I spoke with the woman who was attacked. Here's what she had to say pic.twitter.com/c60ad9LoiQ
— Viral News NY (@ViralNewsNYC) November 5, 2022