Chair of Hernando Democratic Party Arrested, Charged with Simple Battery After Confrontation with Counter-Protester at No Kings Protest

Hernando County Democratic Party Chair Brian Stewart was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge Saturday after an incident at a “No Kings” protest in Spring Hill. The arrest followed a confrontation between Stewart and a counter-protester at the demonstration held near Cortez Boulevard and Mariner Boulevard. Details of exactly what happened are disputed. A statement from the Hernando County Conservatives organization says Stewart shoved a disabled military veteran who had come to the event as a “MAGA supporter” and then struck him in the head with a megaphone. “This highlights the growing intolerance and dangerous radicalism within certain elements of...