Sheriff who urged Ohioans to track Harris voters marks reelection with vulgar post
An Ohio sheriff who won his reelection bid after controversial remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris thanked his “haters” in a vulgar social media post.
Bruce Zuchowski, the Republican sheriff of Portage County in northeast Ohio, defeated Democrat Jon Barber on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to earn an extra four years in office. He beat the former deputy sheriff by a 40,029-38,831 margin.
In September, the sheriff used insulting language toward Harris in response to a Fox News broadcast, McClatchy News reported. Zuchowski shared a photo of the broadcast, which had blamed the vice president for fueling a “migrant crime wave.”
“When people ask me … What’s gonna happen if the Flip–Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins?? I say … write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!” Zuchowski said in the Facebook post. “Sooo … when the Illegal human ’Locust’ (which she supports!) Need places to live … We’ll already have the addresses of ... their New families … who supported their arrival!”
The post, which was later deleted, led to some blowback and the sheriff’s Facebook account being briefly suspended, McClatchy News reported.
He said his statement “may have been a little misinterpreted.” But in the same post, he said voters should “accept responsibility for their actions.”
Zuchowski’s margin of victory wasn’t as wide as in 2020, when he received 56% of the vote, but voters still sided with the incumbent.
Celebrating his victory early Wednesday morning, Zuchowski thanked his supporters. He also gave a shoutout to his “haters,” sharing a meme of a bear with its pants pulled down, exposing its butt.
“So many haters. Not enough room on my a** for their lips,” the post read.
In a follow-up post later in the morning, he said there were “many haters spewing poison and lies” about him.
This story was originally published November 6, 2024 at 11:21 AM with the headline "Sheriff who urged Ohioans to track Harris voters marks reelection with vulgar post."