A transgender Democrat voter was arrested for making death threats against Donald Trump the day before he appeared at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Paul J. Gavenonis, 74, was detained after she was overheard making the remarks while trying to obtain a parking pass at Penn State University.
Gavenonis declared, ‘I hate Donald Trump, I’d like to shoot that guy’ according to police, who say she also mimed a ‘racking gun motion’ with her hands, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
Gavenonis has been charged with misdemeanor counts of terror threats and disorderly conduct.
She was reported by the clerk who issued the parking pass after Gavenonis described climbing to the top of a building and said ‘you can’t take a gun in or the students will see it’.
Paul J. Gavenonis, 74, was arrested for making death threats against Donald Trump the day before he appeared at a rally in Pennsylvania
Trump appeared at the Bryce Jordan Center in Centre County in front of thousands supporters on Saturday
It was not clear if she was attempting to buy a parking pass for the day of the rally.
Penn state police and the Secret Service interviewed Gavenonis after the incident was reported.
During the interview, she reportedly laughed and joked about targeting Trump at the rally, even saying: ‘Frankly, I hope somebody would get him’, according to police.
She was booked in to Centre County Correctional Facility on Friday pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Trump appeared at the Bryce Jordan Center in Centre County in front of thousands supporters on Saturday.
It was the second time he narrowly avoided danger in the Keystone State after surviving an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this year.
