Elijah Manley, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 20 in the August primary, was booked into the Broward County jail Friday on two counts of written or electronic threats to kill or injure.
The 27-year-old Fort Lauderdale native told WLRN on Thursday he expected to face charges related to a social media post he authored where he wrote, in support of Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon, that if people do not vote for her: “ I promise you I’m going to cut your f—— head off.”
Nixon, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody. Four recent public opinion polls show Moody is ahead of Nixon…