'I completely support their right to protest. I think a more effective place to do it is at the State House. But what happened yesterday to me and to my children, my young children, crossed from protest to intimidation, and that's how we took it.'
HUDSON, Ohio — State Rep. Casaey Weinstein shared a video Sunday afternoon of protesters gathered outside of his Hudson home waving flags and allegedly voicing their support for former president Donald Trump while demanding Weinstein"be better."
"I'm a public official, I'm an elected official. I get that. I also I don't know why they showed up at my home," Weinstein said in an interview with News 5."I completely support their right to protest. I think a more effective place to do it is at the State House. But what happened yesterday to me and to my children, my young children, crossed from protest to intimidation, and that's how we took it.
Weinstein said that his children were very worried during the incident and that his four-year-old daughter asked if it was safe. "They did not convey that to me or [it] didn't come across if there was a particular issue. They mostly got there, took their videos, took their pictures, waved their flags, shouted our way and just kind of made their presence known. And I just truly think the underlying intent was intimidation of me and my family," Weinstein said.
While the exact cause of the protest is unknown, Weinstein believes it may have something to do with the fact that he's Jewish, drawing parallels to the protests held outside of Dr. Amy Acton's Bexley, Ohio home in May 2020.
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