"Fellow members,

I know some of you have been informed about a tweet I posted last evening that said 'If anyone ever tries to stop my car on a highway with negative intentions… I will not stop under any conditions'.

Since I posted this, it has been picked up by several state and national publications and my words have been misconstrued in their headlines.

Taking my comments to that extreme is just absurd.

My intent was simply to let people know that I, along with what I believe are many others, have grown tired of those who are committing crimes and acts of violence in the name of peaceful protest.

As we all have come across times where our words were completely changed to fit a false narrative, I wanted you to be aware of what transpired if you were contacted by one of your

— Some of these headlines include ‘Republican lawmaker vows to run over protesters who block highways’ and ‘GOP lawmaker threatens to run over protesters with his car.’