Dem candidate for state rep faces assault charge after he allegedly ‘cold cocked’ GOP opponent

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

A Democratic candidate for state representative is being called on to drop out of the race after he reportedly “cold cocked” his Republican opponent.

 

The scuffle between the two candidates running for state representative in North Carolina’s 46th district happened at the annual Beast Fest in Bladenboro, North Carolina. That’s when Democratic candidate Tim Benton allegedly confronted GOP candidate Brenden Jones over controversial flyers.

 

“Some flyers have evidently been circulating saying Mr. Benton was involved in [a white supremacy group], and he was accusing Mr. Jones of being responsible for the flyers,” Woody Hester, an eyewitness, told the Bladen Journal.

 

Jones denied having anything to do with the flyers and suggested the two take their conversation across the street and away from the crowd. But as the two were crossing the highway, Hester said, “Benton kept nudging him with his shoulder the whole time.”

 

“Benton was spewing profanity, screaming in Jones’ face saying, ‘I’m going to kick your ass by the end of the day,’” the North Carolina GOP told WNCN-TV.

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