Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State, Jay Ashcroft, was assaulted by left-wing agitators upon his arrival at a local event, according to a report from NBC affiliate KOMU .
The Feb. 6 gathering was hosted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Jefferson City, MO, following remarks at the Missouri General Assembly by Israeli Consul General Maor Elbaz-Starinsky. Ashcroft was assaulted when trying to enter the event venue.
“There’s a lot of yelling and screaming but as I was just walking along the sidewalk, it was fine until I turned left to actually head into the doorway,” Ashcroft said in an interview with The Federalist . “That’s when they … collapsed around me and [started] shoving me and pushing me.”
The far-left protestors, who Jefferson City Police Department told to clear the roadway, instead began blocking entrances to businesses, including the private event location. One protestor, Ainslee Harkins, 20, was arrested for […]
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