{"id":5183,"date":"2020-01-22T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2020-01-22T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:12:03","slug":"man-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-stabs-and-kills-trump-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=5183","title":{"rendered":"Man with <i>Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/i> Stabs and Kills Trump Supporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Florida man allegedly stabs and kills pro-Trump boss after political argument<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by Anthony Leonardi | Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>A Florida man allegedly stabbed and killed his Trump-supporting boss after a heated political argument, according to local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>William Steven Knight, 28, described by authorities as a \u201cproud and outspoken American and pro-Donald Trump,\u201d was killed by employee Mason Trever Toney following a political altercation, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2020\/01\/21\/man-stabs-kills-pro-trump-boss-drapes-american-flag-over-him-deputies-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">witnesses<\/a>. Police deputies found Knight dead with an American flag draped over him.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say they initially heard Knight call for help and found Toney repeatedly stabbing him with a trowel. The witnesses told deputies they attempted to stop the attack, but Toney proceeded to jump into a truck and drove away, calling them &#8220;terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A police affidavit says that Toney is outspoken about his political beliefs and believes the government is &#8220;out to get him,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2020\/01\/21\/man-stabs-kills-pro-trump-boss-drapes-american-flag-over-him-deputies-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to local media. Toney was placed under arrest and is being held in Orange County, Florida, without bond.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/florida-man-allegedly-stabs-and-kills-pro-trump-boss-after-political-argument\">https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/florida-man-allegedly-stabs-and-kills-pro-trump-boss-after-political-argument<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida man allegedly stabs and kills pro-Trump boss after political argument<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}