Montgomery County GOP Official claims he was “swatted” for Publicly Supporting Kamala Harris

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A Philadelphia-area Republican official believes he was “swatted” after publicly denouncing his party’s electoral candidate.

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Matthew McCaffery, a member of the Montgomery County Republican Committee, had opinions that were seen on TV and read about in the newspaper as expressed his views on Donald Trump.

McCaffery wrote an opinion article in the Philadelphia Inquirer — with the headline: “I voted for Trump in 2016. His disrespect for veterans will make me vote for a Democrat.” — where he expressed his support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race.

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McCaffery then made appearance on CNN to discuss the op-ed.

“I keep on fighting the good fight, I want to get good Republicans elected to office, especially here in Montgomery County,” McCaffery said on the CNN video call. “And as long as Trump is on the top of the ticket, we’re just going to keep losing.”

McCaffery took to social media to show footage of two Upper Merion police officers surrounding McCaffery on the porch looking to arrest him. He was seen putting his hands in the air, surrendering, and walking down the steps. McCaffery states the swatting incident occurred after his television appearance.

“My family was swatted in what Upper Merion police are classifying as a politically motivated crime,” McCaffery wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. He went on to add, “these type of attacks are exactly why I’m speaking out against the MAGA wing of my party … and why I’m proudly voting for Kamala Harris.”

Attached to the post he included home security camera video seeming to show the porch of his home and multiple police officers patting him down. McCaffery is holding his hands up.

According to Oxford languages, “Swatting” is the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.

According to CBS Philadelphia, Upper Merion Police Chief Blaine Leis had a different account on the incident.

“We did receive information about a possible hostage situation at the residence of Mr. McCaffery, and our officers checked the residence and found no issue at the location,” Leis said in an email. “The incident is an active criminal investigation and we will not speculate on motives.”

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