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Assailant encouraged GOP canvasser to ‘do your job’ — raising questions about Rubio’s account

MIAMI — The man accused of a politically motivated attack on a Republican Party canvasser in Hialeah last month actually encouraged the canvasser to keep handing out fliers just moments before the fight started, according to cellphone videos obtained by the Miami Herald — raising more questions about whether the…

Miami Herald · Nov 5, 2022

New video shows beating of Republican canvasser in Hialeah. He may soon testify in open court

MIAMI — Prosecutors on Tuesday released video of the beating of a Republican canvasser in Hialeah, as a judge set a hearing that may feature the victim testifying in open court.

Miami Herald · Nov 1, 2022

Florida man accused of beating Republican canvasser now faces additional felony charge

MIAMI — Prosecutors on Monday added a second charge against Javier Lopez, the man accused of beating up a Republican canvasser in Hialeah, a case that has garnered national attention after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio claimed the attack was politically motivated.

Miami Herald · Oct 31, 2022

Sen. Marco Rubio faces media and rails on coverage of canvasser attack, says victim ‘rejected’ extremist past

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio deflected questions Friday about the extremist past of a Republican canvasser who was heavily beaten and sent to the hospital, as questions remain about whether the attack was politically motivated.

Miami Herald · Oct 29, 2022

GOP canvasser didn’t say brutal beating was political until after Rubio tweet, police say

MIAMI — The Republican Party canvasser who was brutally beaten in Hialeah on Sunday did not say the attack was politically motivated when police officers first interviewed him that evening, according to a police spokesman.

Miami Herald · Oct 27, 2022

Second arrest made in connection with Republican canvasser attack in Hialeah, cops say

MIAMI — A second man has been arrested in connection with an attack in Hialeah that sent a Republican voting canvasser to the hospital.

Miami Herald · Oct 26, 2022

‘My son has never voted’: Mom rejects Sen. Marco Rubio’s claim that politics motivated Hialeah attack

MIAMI — Diana Rosa Lopez isn’t sure exactly what started the fight between her son and an ex-white supremacist canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio outside her home in Hialeah on Sunday.

Miami Herald · Oct 25, 2022

Marco Rubio under fire for not revealing ‘attacked’ canvasser’s alleged Charlottesville links

Christopher Monzon identified as victim of attack in South Florida’s Hialeah city

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

Politics not mentioned in Hialeah police report after Rubio says GOP canvasser attacked

MIAMI — A man was arrested Sunday night for a vicious attack on a Republican campaign worker in Hialeah — an incident publicized online by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who said it was politically motivated.

Miami Herald · Oct 25, 2022