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The sheriff’s department in Portage County, Ohio has been stripped of its election security duties after its MAGA sheriff said people displaying Kamala Harris signs in their yards should have their addresses recorded so illegal immigrants can be sent to their homes

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski, a Donald Trump-supporting Republican seeking re-election, likened migrants to “human locusts” and called Harris a “Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena” on his personal and campaign Facebook accounts earlier this month.

The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office determined last week that Zuchowksi's post didn’t break state election laws, but local citizens expressed their discomfort with having an immigrant-hating MAGA sheriff in charge of protecting the vote.

Over 100 people attended an emergency meeting called by the local NAACP chapter, the *Ravenna Record-Courier *reported. Frank Hairson, the communications chair of the NAACP chapter said people told him: “They’re afraid to vote. They’re afraid to put signs in their yard.”


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[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Nice. Not sure what to make of his opponent based on the website. No major red flags come up, but I'm sure the people in Portage County probably know him and where he stands on things way better than I do.

OTOH, the website is largely boring and factual, so I'm assuming he may not be that bad? The MAGAts are usually running from similar scripts, and this doesn't seem to fit that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago

Is it normal to know anything at all about your local Sheriff?

I had to do three google searches and then scroll down for a while to even find my local one, then their bio was so dull when I looked it up it was difficult to pay attention to it.

...distinguished career in law enforcement includes experience with various law enforcement agencies serving the metropolitan area. ... going on to serve with both the City and the County Police Departments. In 2008, applied that experience to the creation of the public safety office for the rapidly expanding College ...became the Assistant Chief of Police and...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 19 minutes ago

The only thing I know about my local sheriffs is that regardless of politics they are probably trash. Fucken San Bernardino.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

He's a Democrat and he hasn't made national news for his despicably racist remarks about immigrants. Outside of that, who really cares what the county sheriff's platform is? If I lived there, I'd vote for him.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago

Well that's timely. Come on Portage , OH, do your part!

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