MIAMI — Christopher Monzon, the Republican Party canvasser brutally beaten in Hialeah, spoke publicly about the attack for the first time Saturday, saying he was targeted for his political beliefs.
“All I want is for the truth about what happened to get out. And the truth is it was politically motivated,” Monzon told the Miami Herald during a brief appearance at a Proud Boys rally in the Hialeah neighborhood where he was attacked last Sunday. “The truth is this could happen to anyone. And I don’t want it to happen to anyone, whether they’re Democrat or Republican. All I want is for justice to be done.”
Hialeah police have arrested two men for the assault, Javier Jesus Lopez and Jonathan Alexander Casanova. Monzon was canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wearing a Rubio T-shirt and a Gov. Ron DeSantis hat, when he said Lopez and Casanova attacked and beat him. Rubio tweeted about the attack, saying that Monzon had been assaulted “by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood.”
