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The Huffington Post reports:
The Florida Republican Party paid thousands of dollars over the summer to a far-right activist who attended the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 and later charged at a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators with a Confederate flag.
Christopher Monzon was paid more than $10,000 by the party between June and September, federal campaign finance records show. Neither Monzon nor the Florida GOP responded to HuffPost’s request for comment about the payments.
Monzon was in the news Monday after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted that “one of our canvassers” had been attacked in Hialeah. Rubio’s campaign subsequently told The Miami Herald that Monzon was canvassing for the Republican Party of Florida, not the senator’s campaign.
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New w/ @letsgomathias: The Republican Party of Florida paid more than $10,000 this year to a far-right activist who attended the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. The money is marked “payroll” in federal campaign finance filings.https://t.co/Mn9KtbskcN
— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) October 25, 2022
Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida
He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery pic.twitter.com/36QpbySg58
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 24, 2022
Rubio tweeted a story today about his canvasser being beaten by 4 “animals” who said Republicans aren’t allowed in the neighborhood.
The guy turned out to be a notorious white supremacist, & there’s no evidence the beating had anything to do w/ politics. https://t.co/MjuMl6ruif
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) October 24, 2022
See this detailed thread on Christopher Monzon. He’s a former member of neo-confederate hate group League of the South & attended the Unite the Right march in 2017.
During his failed run for Hialeah city council he tried to distance himself from his history w little success. https://t.co/atLKWxCEwG
— Miami Against Fascism ?☕️ (@MIAagainstFash) October 24, 2022
Miami Springs and Hialeah Republican clubs have long had close ties with the Miami Proud Boys as well.
See our thread above where PB front group Floridians First hosted Monzon at a local pizza joint during his bid for Hialeah city council. pic.twitter.com/zYRRt802b7
— Miami Against Fascism ?☕️ (@MIAagainstFash) October 24, 2022
Vincent Medel, President of the Miami Springs Republican Club and source of the “politically motivated attack” narrative, has openly associated with the Miami Proud Boys and made social media posts calling himself “a follower of Q.”https://t.co/Y31Hos2n1E
— Miami Against Fascism ?☕️ (@MIAagainstFash) October 24, 2022
Local media is reporting that Proud Boys Oswaldo “Ozzy” Perez-Cerezal and Gabriel Garcia are at the hospital with Christopher Monzon.
Both Garcia and Perez-Cerezal are @MiamiDadeGOP executive members. Garcia is currently facing felony charges for J6.https://t.co/bzacDcB8EE
— Miami Against Fascism ?☕️ (@MIAagainstFash) October 24, 2022