Trump-Supporting Man Murdered by His Employee in Politically Motivated Attack: Police
By Jack Davis
Published January 23, 2020 at 7:11am
Politics turned deadly in Florida this week as a staunch Trump supporter was killed by a co-worker after an argument about politics.
Mason Toney, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of William Steven Knight on Monday, according to USA Today.
The Associated Press reported that Knight was an “outspoken American” and “pro-Donald Trump,” according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.
Meanwhile, Toney was described as “anti-government and very outspoken in his beliefs that the government is bad and out to get him.”
Police were told that Knight picked up Toney to drive him to a job site, but that they argued over politics on the way, WESH-TV reported.
At a Florida Turnpike job site in Orlando, co-workers said they heard Knight yelling for help.
When they reached Knight, they saw him being stabbed, and Toney was standing over him with a trowel.
The workers told police they threw things at Toney to make him stop but backed off when he appeared to brandish what they thought was a knife. As Toney drove off, the workers who spoke to police said he called them terrorists.
When the workers reached Knight’s body, they found a brand new American flag and the packaging that it had been in.
The construction workers told police that Toney had come to work with a backpack, which was not common, according to the affidavit said.