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Woman That Threw Drink At Congressman Matt Gaetz Gets 15 Days
November 18, 2019
The woman accused of throwing a drink at Congressman Matt Gaetz during a June town hall meeting in Pensacola will serve 15 days in federal custody.
Amanda L. Kondrat’yev was charged with assaulting a U.S. Congressman for throwing the drink at Gaetz as he was leaving his “We Won’t Back Down” town hall event at a Pensacola restaurant. The drink hit Gaetz in the back as he was making his way to his waiting car outside the main entrance of the Brew Ha Ha Restaurant.
“”I am pleased with the court’s decision today to sentence Amanda Kondrat’yev to 15 days in jail and one year of probation,” Gaetz said. “Physical assault has no place in our political discourse, and if individuals choose to engage in such activities at our events they will be prosecuted. I am grateful law enforcement and our judicial system recognized this principle today, and I remain committed to maintaining a safe environment for my constituents at future events.”
Kondrat’yev was sentenced Monday in federal court in Pensacola. She will report to U.S. Marshals on December 2, the Monday after Thanksgiving, and begin to serve her sentence.
Kondrat’yev ran against Gaetz for his Congressional seat in 2016, along with Cris Dosev and Mark Wichern. She is also the lead plaintiff in the Bayview Cross case against the City of Pensacola.
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18 Responses to “Woman That Threw Drink At Congressman Matt Gaetz Gets 15 Days”
It’s sad that she gets 15 days in jail for throwing a drink on some one, really doesn’t matter who she threw it at, but drunk drivers rarely see the inside of the jail beyond the initial arrest. Probation for everyone. Florida is getting about as liberal as New York and California. In this current climate, I’m surprised she didn’t sue Gaetz for emotional distress due to her election loss. Put a bunch of younger folks on a jury and they would award her winnings due to hurt feelings.
Henry Coe, the milkshaking perpetrators were arrested in the UK for common assault and could be fined or face a six-month prison sentence. So the woman here got off easy. But, I think, if you respect our country, you must not disrespect elected officials. Just be civilized and work for your candidate in the next election.
To agree or disagree with our elected officials is something we should all do in tune with conforming to society. If you can’t do This, I would suggest you keep your feeling and stay at home.
CONTEMPLATING:
“more jail time than many drunk drivers causing injury to innocent folks.”
True injustice. Crazy woman running around loose after a couple of weeks or so and drunks endangering our loved ones daily.
Yell at the suck up all you wish, but don’t throw things at him. You might miss. (I was too close to someone else’s Target on Bourbon Street once and wound up wearing their beer.)
Drink yourself to death if that’s what the Lord leads you to do. Just don’t endanger our loved ones by driving or operating potentially deadly machinery while doing so.
David for better people
Give her a ticket out of town to the left coast…her civic mindedness sucks
Like Hillary Clinton a sore loser.
@Dale
You are exactly right, what a waste of a good drink.
Linda domestic terrorism is far more dangerous than DUI. A drunk kills a person. A terrorist can kill a democracy through fear and intimidation. The red drink was clearly an message that blood would be spilled if Gaetz didn’t fall in lockstep with liberal views and wishes. Elected offices must not fear for their or families safety. We already have seen gun violence from liberals on a Washington softball field and Vegas concert. The judge should have gave her the max time.
Did she get the 15 days for the bad throw and not really hitting him or for the splash of drink that landed on his sleeve?
Btw, to add some context to her doing this, not that it makes what she did ok, at the time she did this there was a short trend in the UK of “Milkshaking” politicians. I don’t recall what the UK topic was for why they milkshaked a few politicians, but this local drink throw happened the same week after the UK milkshaking.
In the UK the politicians wiped themselves off and put on a fresh shirt.
Preston, it was a serious attack. Politicians should not be attacked in any way except at the ballot box. Physical threats or actions against them is an attack against Democracy.
Linda, what she did and drunk drivers have nothing in common. Why do you compare the two. You should be working for stricter penalties for drunk driving, period
It’s a small slap on the wrist for that kind of uncivil behavior in political discourse. It might have been useful for her to have had a year or two of probation with a quick return to jail is she stepped over the line again.
I think the lesson learned here for others is that you can do these kinds of things with little consequence. It’s likely to be a lesson unlearned for this lady.
Assault is assault. Spitting on someone is assault.
If you are unable to disagree with someone, without getting violent, you have a problem.
Sadly, she got more jail time than many drunk drivers causing injury to innocent folks. Something to think about!
Sounds like a case of sore loser
This was a VERY serious attack. Matt Gaetz could have melted.
Only 15 days?
This is absurd…those slushies go for 4 bucks for a large cup. I would not have wasted it