{"id":1709703,"date":"2022-10-25T07:03:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709703"},"modified":"2022-10-25T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:04:41","slug":"rubio-canvasser-brutally-attacked-while-campaigning-for-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-canvasser-brutally-attacked-while-campaigning-for-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio Canvasser Brutally Attacked While Campaigning For Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frubio-canvasser-brutally-attacked-while-campaigning-for-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was reportedly assaulted Sunday night while supporting the re-election campaigns of the incumbent senator and the state\u2019s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a DeSantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren\u2019t allowed in their neighborhood,\u201d Rubio wrote on Twitter with photos of the victim, Christopher Monzon, who was canvassing in a Hialeah neighborhood of Miami-Dade County. \u201cHe suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw &#038; will need facial reconstructive surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1584564895605198849?s=20&#038;t=_BHOwkAqIG4NDj_M1D4g1g\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Left-wing outlets such as the Daily Dot began to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/rubio-canvasser-assaulted\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">justify <\/a>the attack over Monzon\u2019s reported ties to political extremists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarco Rubio shares tale of canvasser being attacked, omits that he\u2019s a notorious local racist,\u201d the outlet reported, burying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/02\/us\/miami-republicans-proud-boys.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quote <\/a>from Monzon in The New York Times this summer that he was on the \u201cpath to de-radicalization.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Monzon had previously been called the \u201cCuban Confederate\u201d and attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally. In 2018, however, Monzon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/christopher-monzon-cuban-confederate-candidate-south-florida\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said <\/a>he quit the League of the South before the group embraced white supremacy and ran for the Hialeah City Council last year. During the campaign, Monzon told the Daily Dot he regretted using racial slurs to describe black and Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not condone the usage of such language,\u201d Monzon said. \u201cWhile I might have used the language in the past, I no longer believe that using those slurs is acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monzon lost the race but has remained a local activist working on behalf of Florida Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article267779722.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the Miami Herald on Monday, police arrested 25-year-old Javier Jesus Lopez over the attack. Lopez was charged with aggravated battery and causing great bodily harm, a second-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn arrest report, however, does not reference politics or suggest that the victim was attacked because of his political beliefs,\u201d the local paper reported. <\/p>\n<p>According to Lopez\u2019s arrest affidavit, the victim was walking near 140 East 60th St. around 6:50 p.m. Sunday in a neighborhood just south of Amelia Earhart Park when Lopez \u2014 a Hialeah resident \u2014 stood in front of him to block access to the sidewalk. The canvasser crossed the street to avoid him, but police say Lopez responded, \u2018You can\u2019t pass by here, this is my neighborhood.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>An argument ensued and Lopez grabbed the victim and slammed him against the floor, the victim told police. A second man, who is not in custody, apparently kicked the victim\u2019s face, as Lopez punched him repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p> Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A canvasser for Florida Republican Sen. 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