‘Flat out illegal’: Ohio sheriff is keeping note of homes with Harris yard signs
An Ohio sheriff has made a chilling—and possibly illegal—request of his county’s 161,000 residents.
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski asked his constituents on Facebook to note the addresses of homes that have yard signs supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz—that way undocumented immigrants can be directed there.
The sheriff referred to immigrants as being “illegal human locust” in a pair of posts to his personal and public pages that have since turned their comments off. Zuchowski is the top cop in Portage County, which is home to Kent State University just and is just east of the Akron-Cleveland corridor.
“When people ask me… What’s gonna happen if the Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins?” Zuchowski wrote, referring to Harris. “I say… write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!
He continued: “Sooo… 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!”
The late-night post, shared at 11:42 p.m. Friday, included images from Fox News reports about a “migrant crime wave” and “Kamala’s open borders.”
Zuchowski, who regularly posts screenshots of Fox News broadcasts and traveled to the southern border last year, suggested he’d only support the bussing of migrants to Harris supporters’ homes if she wins in November.
Some residents appeared to heed Zuchowski’s call to note the addresses of Harris supporters almost immediately. At least one commenter shared the name and approximate address of a Harris backer and another commenter confirmed, “I’ll add that name to the list.”
Zuchowski’s post, which uses a head-scratching amount of ellipsis, has received significant blowback in Ohio, which has recently been the epicenter of anti-immigrant rhetoric amid the infamous pet-eating hoax.
Even a top Republican in Portage County said he was disgusted by Zuchowski’s dystopian suggestion. Tony Badalamenti, a commissioner, resigned from the county’s Republican Central Committee and claimed Zuchowski’s post was the last straw. [Continue reading…]