03Jun/19

It wasn’t a milkshaking, but Rep. Matt Gaetz got hit with a flying drink – The Washington Post

It wasn’t a milkshaking, but Rep. Matt Gaetz got hit with a flying drink  The Washington Post

Rep. Matt Gaet (R-Fla.) on Capitol Hill in April. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)The Associated Press Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was hit with an unidentified beverage as he was exiting a town hall in Pensacola on Saturday. Amanda Leigh Kondrat’yev, 35, was arrested and charged with battery for allegedly throwing the drink at the congressman. She was released on bond Sunday. The fracas occurred outside Brew Ha Ha restaurant, where Gaetz was completing a stop on his “Won’t Back Down” town hall series. As he headed back to his vehicle, a police officer saw a clear plastic cup containing r…