Ohio Sheriff Seems To Ask For Addresses Of Harris-Walz Supporters

An Ohio sheriff is being accused of bullying his constituents after a social media publish suggesting individuals ship him the addresses of residents with Kamala Harris yard indicators.

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski apparently made a Fb publish on Friday, pondering how issues could be totally different ought to Harris be elected in November.

Zuchowski, who’s operating for reelection, instructed that folks “write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!” in order that “when the Illegal human ‘Locust’ (which she supports!) Need places to live…We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families…who supported their arrival!”

Zuchowski’s publish appeared to reference the problems presently going through Springfield, Ohio, about 200 miles away.

Tensions within the roughly 60,000-person metropolis have been amped up over the previous week after former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that authorized immigrants from Haiti had been consuming cats and canine.

Since then, Springfield residents have been subjected to bomb threats and normal threats of violence that closed faculties and authorities places of work.

Many individuals in Portage County had been shocked by Zuchowski’s social media rhetoric, and a few have filed complaints with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), numerous state and federal companies, in addition to members of Congress, in keeping with the Portager.

Portage County Commissioner Tony Badalamenti, who, like Zuchowski, is a Republican, was so angered by the publish that he resigned from the county’s Republican Central Committee, saying in a Fb video that “this is not the leadership I want to be part of.”

He added: “[Zuchowski] posted that we should all copy down the addresses of the people that display political signs which are different from our beliefs. It scares people. It’s called bullying, from the highest law enforcement official in Portage County.”

HuffPost reached out to Zuchowski for remark, however he didn’t instantly reply, nor has he commented publicly after limiting the feedback on his publish, in keeping with Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC.