Two armed men wearing bulletproof vests with “POLICE” stenciled on them showed up Wednesday at the Florida home of Cathy O’Gara while she was getting her 11-year-old granddaughter ready for school. Via the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
She greeted the men, who didn’t identify themselves or the agency they were with. They asked if her husband, James O’Gara, lived there and if they could speak to him about a postcard he’d sent to Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia with the brief message: “You lack values.”
It was a scary “big red flag moment” for the O’Garas, a retired couple who are politically active supporters of progressive candidates, vocal critics of President Trump’s immigration policies, and helped to organize a local No Kings anti-Trump demonstration in June.
“Anything is possible, if you can send a postcard and have this happen,” Cathy O’Gara said.
With the help of the Largo Police Department, they found out the officers were investigators with the criminal division of the state’s Department of Financial Services, which Ingoglia oversees.
A spokesperson said the visit was a “precautionary measure given the current political climate.”
Yeah, I can see why a postcard from two progressives saying “You lack values” would seem like a threat to a Republican.
