Left-wing protesters reportedly rammed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign vehicle.
On Thursday, a group of anarchist liberals appeared outside of Ramaswamy’s campaign event at Saints Rest Coffee House in Iowa. The billionaire entrepreneur’s campaign said that a female driver and a passenger were yelling expletives at him, giving him the middle finger, and blaring the car horn.
The driver then hit the campaign’s parked vehicle and drove off. The Grinnell Police Department was called to the scene and contacted 22-year-old Celia Meagher.
The estimated cost of repair is $600 to each vehicle.
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“Upon arrival GPD contacted a Celia Meagher, 22 y.0., of Grinnell, who stated she had just eaten lunch at Jay’s Deli, located in the back of Saints Rest Coffee House, got into her 2007 Honda Civic, blue in color, bearing MN plates, and began backing out of her parking spot, to proceed northbound on Broad Street,” the GCPD said in a statement.
“While backing up she accidentally made contact with a 2023 Ford Expedition, black in color, bearing FL plate YRP043, her Honda’s rear passenger side bumper impacted the driver side rear bumper of the Ford. The Ford was parked on the opposite side of the street, unoccupied at the time of the accident,” the statement continued.
Police added that “minor damage to both vehicles” was caused by the collision, and Meagher was issued a traffic summons for unsafe backing before being let go from the scene. The car being used by Ramaswamy’s campaign was a rental.
“The purpose of this media release is to clarify information circulating on social media concerning the details of this accident,” GCPD continued. “It was reported on social media that two protestors intentionally rammed into the Ramaswamy’s vehicle and fled the scene. Our investigation has revealed no evidence to substantiate that information. Meagher stated she was not in the area to protest, she did not know who the vehicle she struck belonged to, she did not intentionally back into the vehicle, and she did not flee the scene of the accident.”
This comes as new polls show that Ramaswamy is the closest rival to former President Donald Trump, who has a 47-point lead over the 38-year-old presidential candidate.
Ramaswamy has also surpassed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with 13 percent to DeSantis’ 8 percent, a stunning development from just a few months ago when the governor led the now-dark horse candidate by 14 percent to 3 percent.
