An irate liberal man has been arrested after being caught on camera slapping a young Republican voter across the face outside of a polling place in New Hampshire.
The aggressor, identified as Laconia local Stephen Redic, 70, has been charged with misdemeanor simple assault and violation-level disorderly conduct.
Redic, a widower, is set to be arraigned in Laconia on December 10.
The shocking incident occurred on Tuesday as Turning Point Action, the political advocacy group founded by the late Charlie Kirk, was tabling outside of a polling place at Woodland Heights School in Laconia.
It is now being investigated by police in Belknap County. The county’s Republican and Democrat Committees both condemned the attack.
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also slammed the incident as ‘more despicable behavior from the left.’
‘This young man with [Turning Point Action] clearly made his points and this left-wing nut assaulted him,’ she posted on X as video of the assault spread online, adding that she trusts local police ‘will take care of this ASAP.’
In the footage from the incident, Redic could be seen confronting an 18-year-old who was tabling for the conservative advocacy group.
Stephen Redic, 70, was arrested before 8am Wednesday and is facing charges of misdemeanor simple assault and violation-level disorderly conduct, after a reported assault at a polling site on Election Day
Redic was seen giving the 18-year-old Republican the middle finger and slapping him across the face. Source: @austindunn96 / X
‘You have no idea who I am, so how dare you say I don’t know much,’ Redic told the Turning Point Action member, who was wearing a Freedom hat and sweatshirt.
The victim then responded calmly, telling the older gentleman that he had not ‘presented a single statistic.’
But that seemed to infuriate him further.
‘Neither have you,’ he shouted back. ‘God d***, I cannot believe that bulls**t.
‘You sit there and dare to look me in the face and say I don’t know anything,’ he continued, before putting a middle finger in the man’s face.
‘That’s what I know,’ he then said, as he slapped the Turning Point Action member across the face and walked away.
Turning Point Action has since praised the teenager, who the group said ‘stood his ground’ amid the confrontation.
‘He stayed calm. The left got violent,’ the group posted on X.
It then advised the public: ‘Don’t cede the ground, show up to the polls.
‘Your vote helps us outnumber these people.’
Redic will be arraigned in Laconia on December 10
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the incident as ‘more despicable behavior from the left’
In a separate statement posted online, the Belknap County Republican Committee said it ‘condemns all forms of violence both in and outside of the political process.’
‘We will not tolerate any such attacks as our fellow citizens practice our most fundamental right to engage in democracy.’
The Belknap County Democratic Committee also posted online that it ‘condemns political violence of any kind.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Turning Point Action and Laconia Police for comment.
