{"id":1923281,"date":"2023-05-03T04:56:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-arrested-in-florida-for-attacking-matt-gaetz-police\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T04:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:59:14","slug":"democrat-arrested-in-florida-for-attacking-matt-gaetz-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-arrested-in-florida-for-attacking-matt-gaetz-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida police arrest Democrat for assaulting Matt Gaetz."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdemocrat-arrested-in-florida-for-attacking-matt-gaetz-police%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=1923281&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--><h2>Florida Woman Arrested for Attacking Congressman Matt Gaetz at Wine Festival<\/h2>\n<p>A registered Democrat and self-described member of the &#8220;Resistance,&#8221; Selena Chambers, was arrested in Florida over the weekend for allegedly attacking Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matt-gaetz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) at an event that the congressman was attending with his wife. Chambers intentionally threw a glass of wine at Gaetz after shouting obscenities at him. She was charged with battery on an elected official and issued a $1,000 bond. She was released the following day.<\/p>\n<h3>Gaetz Responds to the Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Gaetz later released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-arrested-in-florida-for-attacking-matt-gaetz-police\/\" title=\"Florida police arrest Democrat for assaulting Matt Gaetz.\">lengthy video statement<\/a> saying that it was festival season right now in Northwest Florida, which he described as centering around seafood, art, culture, and wine. Gaetz said that the Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office acted quickly, which stopped the incident from escalating. He explained that it&#8217;s okay for people to express their opinions or criticisms of public figures, but when they start throwing things, it becomes a safety issue. Gaetz said that the suspect was a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-airs-puff-piece-on-radical-left-wing-district-attorney-of-crime-ravaged-san-francisco\/\" title=\"CBS Airs Puff Piece on Radical Left-Wing District Attorney of Crime-Ravaged San Francisco\">left-wing author<\/a>&#8221; who was &#8220;very obsessed with Donald Trump.&#8221; He added that Chambers writes about feminist surrealism and has connections to Wiccan life, making her behavior very strange.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Press Charges?<\/h3>\n<p>Gaetz explained that pressing charges in circumstances like this is necessary to prevent escalation and accidents. He wants everyone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-vaccinated-how-does-that-make-sense-british-open-to-enforce-strict-covid-protocols-even-for-golfers-whove-been-vaccinated\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Vaccinated. How Does That Make Sense?\u2019: British Open To Enforce Strict COVID Protocols, Even For Golfers Who\u2019ve Been Vaccinated\">including family members<\/a>, supporters, and detractors, to be safe. He emphasized that people should be able to express themselves, but when they cross the line and start throwing things, it causes harm to the community and needs to be contained and extinguished.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The incident at the South Walton Beaches Wine &#038; Food Festival at Grand Boulevard in Sandestin in Walton County, Florida, is a reminder that expressing opinions and criticisms should not involve physical harm. It&#8217;s important to respect each other&#8217;s beliefs and opinions, even if they differ from our own. Let&#8217;s strive for a peaceful and respectful society where everyone can express themselves without fear of harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was arrested in Florida over the weekend for allegedly attacking Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) at an event that the congressman was attending with his wife. The Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed the report in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, saying that officers \u201cresponded to an incident at an event in Miramar Beach Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1923282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5175,7893,4912,5113,3624,3622,3967],"class_list":["post-1923281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-arrest","tag-assaulting","tag-democrat","tag-florida","tag-gaetz","tag-matt","tag-police"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}