On Monday, June 9th, after attending the South Kingstown Town Council meeting, I was physically assaulted by Councilman Jay Wegimont. I did not confront him. I did not speak during the meeting. I simply got up to leave and Jay Wegimont followed me.

In the hallway, he charged at me and slammed his body into mine—screaming in my face about a post I made seven months ago, where I referenced his DUI arrests. I tried to walk away from the situation to try to deescalate it but he kept following me. It was not until I pulled out my phone and began recording that he suddenly changed. He immediately put his hands in his pockets, started stammering—because he knew he’d been caught.

Two witnesses – Jennifer Narbonne, Chair of the South Kingstown Republican Party and Jessica Drew-Day, First Vice Chair  — saw the entire incident and submitted statements to police. I’ve filed criminal charges and intend to press them fully.

But this was not just an isolated moment of anger. It was part of a growing trend.

Across this country, political violence is not just rising, it is being tolerated. In Rhode Island, we have seen elected Democrats like State Senator Josh Miller vandalize private property over political bumper stickers with no serious consequences. And just last week, in Minnesota, it escalated even further.

The Speaker of the Minnesota House, a longtime Democrat, was shot and killed in her own home by a man who had a car full of “No King” flyers. It was a politically motivated execution and it came from within her own ideological circle. Her killer was a committed Leftist who turned on his own the moment she stepped out of line.

When a Democrat is murdered by another Leftist and the story is buried within a few days, something is deeply broken. It shows that the Democratic Party is no longer just tolerating violence, it’s living with it. Using it. And quietly excusing it when it serves their purposes or damages the “wrong” kind of Democrat.
This is not hypothetical. It is happening.

I was assaulted for telling the truth. For sharing public records. That is what triggered Councilman Wegimont’s outburst. And it is what makes this so dangerous. When elected officials start treating criticism as violence and responding with actual violence, we lose the ability to have a functioning democracy.

I have been attacked with words before. I have been called names, mocked, challenged. That’s politics. But I have never once threatened someone. I have never followed someone down a hallway in rage. That behavior is not “passion.” It’s not politics. It’s thuggery.

Jay Wegimont should resign immediately.

Because if we can’t hold a local town councilman accountable for physically assaulting a constituent over a post, how can we expect to hold anyone accountable?

Every citizen, no matter their party, should be able to attend a public meeting, speak up, and tell the truth without fear of retaliation. If we do not draw the line here, we send a message that violence is acceptable. That silence can be forced. That power can be abused.

The Left has crossed that line. The rest of us need to hold it.

What happened to me was not just an assault. It was a warning. And if we ignore it, we will only invite more.