Police: Man Attacks TV Reporter, Saying 'This Is Trump's America Now'

Saturday, December 28, 2024

A TV reporter was allegedly attacked in Colorado by a man who demanded to know whether he was a U.S. citizen and followed his car for 40 miles, choking him in front of coworkers outside the station, according to police. Patrick Thomas Egan, who was arrested Dec. 18, allegedly said to KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja'Ronn Alex, "Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump's America now! I'm a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!"

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Really Rcade... This is where we're going? LMMFAO Say it ain't so...

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-28 09:56 PM | Reply

So a Trump supporter tailed the reporter for 40 miles and then tackled him outside the TV station? Looks to me like years of being told by the orange terrorist organization that the media are the enemy of the people radicalized this seemingly normal American and prompted him to act.

#2 | Posted by cbob at 2024-12-28 10:07 PM | Reply

#2 | Posted by cbob at 2024-12-28 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

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#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-28 10:09 PM | Reply

apnews.com

AP is fake news.

~luvorangeturds~

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-28 10:14 PM | Reply

AP is fake news.

~luvorangeturds~

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-28 10:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

I see you swallowed.... have a nice day pedo...

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-28 10:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Luvsorangeturds is such a sick ---- he was expelled by ------.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-28 10:36 PM | Reply

I bUlEiVe iT cUz mEmEOrAnDuMb SaId It....

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-28 10:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's an AP story based on court records, pea-brain. You calling somebody else gullible, what a laugh.

#7 | Posted by cbob at 2024-12-28 11:11 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

I see you swallowed.... have a nice day pedo...

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

This f*&^ing ------ never knows when to shut up.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-29 12:06 AM | Reply

@#2 .. So a Trump supporter tailed the reporter for 40 miles and then tackled him outside the TV station? Looks to me like years of being told by the orange terrorist organization that the media are the enemy of the people radicalized this seemingly normal American and prompted him to act. ...

Add in Pres-elect Trump's anti-immigrant stance (except, of course, when the immigrants are useful to him), and you can have a potent mix of anger and hate among MAGA.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-29 03:24 PM | Reply

More from the AP article...
apnews.com

... Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, after police say he followed KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja'Ronn Alex's vehicle for around 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Delta area. Alex told police that he believed he had been followed and attacked because he is Pacific Islander.

After arriving in Grand Junction, Egan, who was driving a taxi, pulled up next to Alex at a stoplight and, according to an arrest affidavit, said something to the effect of: "Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump's America now! I'm a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!" ...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-29 03:26 PM | Reply

@#10 ... This is Trump's America now! I'm a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!" ...

Apparently declaring himself to be both Judge and Executioner.

But Pres-elect Trump also does not seem to care about the Separation of Government.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-29 07:58 PM | Reply

This f*&^ing ------ never knows when to shut up.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-29 12:06 AM | Reply | Flag

LOL this dumbass screams at the Babylon Bee because he/she can't differentiate between fake and real news..

STFU dumbass.. We've seen you in action. The only doctor who spent an entire "pandemic" working as a short order cook.

#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-12-29 08:05 PM | Reply

It sure is. Don't you forget it.

#13 | Posted by THEBULL at 2024-12-29 08:27 PM | Reply

@#12 ... LOL this dumbass screams at the Babylon Bee because he/she can't differentiate between fake and real news.. ...

What, exactly, was fake or real about the post your current alias replied to?

Yer up.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-29 08:36 PM | Reply

LOL this dumbass screams at the Babylon Bee because he/she can't differentiate between fake and real news..

What are you babbling about?

STFU dumbass.. We've seen you in action. The only doctor who spent an entire "pandemic" working as a short order cook.

#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Still can't relate things accurately. Do you have a neurodegenerative condition or something?

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-30 01:10 AM | Reply

@#15 ... What are you babbling about? ...

Yeah, I asked a similar question in #14 but, instead of the courtesy of reply, that current alias has seemed to run away with its tail between its legs.

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-30 01:30 AM | Reply