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>> THIS NOTE ON MY DOOR, ALL THAT DOES IS RAMP ME UP. JIM: NEW TONIGHT A MAN IN THE VILLAGES WHO IS NOT SHY ABOUT HIS PUBLIC CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RECENTLY FOUND A NOTE ON HIS DOOR. SUMMER: A NOTE A SHERIFF’S REPORT CALLS A VAGUE THREAT. THE MAN SAYS, HE BELIEVES IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS GOLF CART, WITH THESE MESSAGES. WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY ED: I’M THE ONE GUY THEY CAN’T INTIMIDATE. I’M RIGHT BACK IN YOUR FACE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A HARD TIME. DAN: CRUISING THE SQUARE AT THE VILLAGES WITH HIS GOLF CART MAKING A STATEMENT. SAYING THE PRESIDENT’S NOT TRUTHFUL, INCLUDING A NUMBER ON HIS WINDSHIELD, THE NUMBER OF ALLEGED LIES REPORTED BY A MAJOR NEWSPAPER. IT STANDS OUT IN AN AREA PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CARRIED WITH MORE THAT 60% OF THE VOTE LAST TIME. ED: BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE SO FAR TO THE RIGHT THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN INTIMIDATE THE DEMOCRATS, AND THEY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF INTIMIDATING THE DEMOCRATS. DAVE: HE’S HAD PEOPLE REACT PRO AND CON. ED: PEOPLE GO BY AND GIVE ME A THUMBS UP, OTHERS GIVE ME THE MIDDLE FINGER. DAVE: BUT THIS WEEK, IT GOT MORE PERSONAL, A NOTE ON HIS DOOR SAYING HE NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL IF HIS FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO HIM. ED: IF ANYBODY’S GOT A PROBLEM WITH ME, COME TO ME. DON’T GO AFTER MY WIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. DAVE: HE STILL HAS REMOVE TRUMP ON THE BACK OF THE CART, DUMP TRUMP ON HIS HAT, BUT HE MADE A DEAL TO TONE DOWN THE SIGNS TO BE LESS INSULTING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. DAVE: WHILE HE DID HAVE HIS SUPPORTERS, A MAN WHO DIDN’T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA SAW HIM DRIVING HIS GOLF CART DOWN THE STREET AND CALLED HIM AN AGITATOR. OTHERS COMMENTED ON HIS MESSAGE. >> I SEE A LOT OF PRO TRUMP ONES, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THE OTHER PARTIES. JERRY: I DON’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE RUN AROUND WITH THE TRUMP SIGNS. DAVE: AND THE NOTE HE GOT THIS WEEK -- NEIL: IF YOU’RE GOING TO TALK TO THE GUY, TALK TO THE GUY, DON’T BE A CHUMP. DAVE: MCGINTY’S WISH? ED: I JUST HOPE WE CAN ALL GET BACK TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY. WE NEED TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO GET BACK TOGETHER. DA

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A man in the Villages who is not shy about his criticism of President Donald Trump said he recently found a threatening note on his door.A Sumter County Sheriff's Office report called it a vague threat. The man who received it said he believes it was because of his golf cart with anti-Trump messages!“I'm the one guy they can't intimidate, I'm right back in your face if you give me a hard time," Ed McGinty said. McGinty stands out in The Villages as he cruises through the square in his golf cart clad with anti-Trump rhetoric. Trump carried The Villages with more than 60 percent of the vote in 2016. “There are some people so far to the right, they think they can intimidate the Democrats and they do a pretty good job of intimidating the Democrats,” McGinty said. He said the reaction to his golf cart has been split. “People go by and give me a thumbs up, others give me the middle finger,” he said. But this week McGinty said it got more personal when he found a note on his door saying he needed to be careful if his family is important to him.“If anybody's got a problem with me, come to me, don't go after my wife because she has nothing to do with this,” McGinty said. McGinty said he still has ‘remove Trump’ on the back of his cart and ‘dump Trump’ on his hat, but he said he made a deal to tone down the signs to be less insulting.While he had supporters, one man told WESH 2 News McGinty is an “agitator."Others commented on his message. “I see a lot of pro-Trump ones, but they don't have negative things about the other parties," one person said. McGinty said he just wants to see the country come back together. “I just hope we can all get back together as a country. We need to do this. We need to get back together."