Passionate Politics goes too far

Volunteers for Abbott’s Campaign Attacked and Have Car Trashed in ‘political Violence’

Glad my door knocking and helping in campaigns is over! You just never know what will happen in today's volatile environment.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s reelection campaign said two of its volunteers were assaulted by a man near Houston on Saturday while door-knocking.

The man allegedly chased the volunteers, attempted to “drag them out of their car,” and damaged the sideview mirrors on their car, per the campaign.

“Political violence is never acceptable. With just over a month until Election Day, the passion to win should never bubble over into something more dangerous,” Mark Miner, communications director for the Abbott campaign, said in a statement. “There is no place for this in Texas.”

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