A woman claimed she was bitten by a protester at an Oct. 29 rally for Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, a Republican.
Cheryl Costantino, chairwoman of the Wayne County Republican Party, said a woman protesting the Detroit rally bit her in the arm.
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Costantino said she saw the woman, who had been holding a Gretchen Whitmer sign during the rally, start walking toward the stage and screaming loudly, according to the Press and Guide.
Dixon, a Republican, is facing incumbent Whitmer in the Michigan gubernatorial race.
Costantino, who was standing near the stage at the time, said she tried to prevent the protester from moving toward the stage, and that is when she was bitten.
“She just bent over and bit me really hard,” Costantino told ABC 7 Detroit. “I’ve never been bit by an adult in my life or anyone over 5.”
The protester has been identified as a teacher with Dearborn Public Schools, according to ABC 7 Detroit. Her name is not being released because no charges have been filed. However, the incident is under investigation.
In a statement to ABC 7 Detroit, Dearborn Public Schools said it “is in the process of conducting an investigation to gather all the facts associated with this alleged incident and determine if there were any violations of board policy.”
The biting incident occurred at a time of heightened political tensions, with U.S. intelligence officials releasing a memo on Oct. 28 warning of a “heightened threat” of violence due to political grievances as the midterm elections near. They included “candidates running for public office, elected officials, election workers, political rallies, political party representatives, racial and religious minorities, or perceived ideological opponents” as possible targets.
On Wednesday, a protester “took a swipe” at Don Bolduc, the Republican candidate for New Hampshire‘s Senate seat, outside a rally at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on the Saint Anselm College campus, according to senior campaign adviser Rick Wiley.
On Oct. 28, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked in his home with a hammer, and on Oct. 23, a campaign volunteer for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was assaulted.
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In the wake of these attacks, President Joe Biden called for people to denounce political violence during a recent speech.
“All of us who reject political violence and voter intimidation — and I believe that’s the overwhelming majority of the American people — all of us must unite to make it absolutely clear that violence and intimidation have no place in America,” Biden said.
