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FAIRFIELD — A Westport man was charged after he showed up at the front door of the Fairfield Democratic Town Committee office allegedly yelling profanities and insults at volunteers inside.Michael Silverstein, 61, of Bayberry Lane, was issued a summons for breach of peace after the 4 p.m. Friday incident at the DTC office, 1 Sasco Hill Road.“One of the volunteer workers within the DTC offered to help the man. The man became confrontational, which caused the volunteer worker to take out their cell phone in an attempt to record the incident,” said Fairfield Police Lt. Antonio Granata.“The male continued yelling profanities and then knocked the phone out of the volunteer’s hand,” Granata said. “The man left the scene in a vehicle prior to officers arriving. The license plate of the vehicle was provided to officers. The vehicle came back registered to an owner in Westport.”Police identified the man as Michael Silverstein of Bayberry Lane.More News“Silverstein confirmed he was at the DTC and had an altercation with one of the workers there,” Granata said.Reached Saturday, Silverstein, a supporter of President Donald Trump, said, “I let my emotions get the best of me. I wish I didn’t do it. I’m better than that.”While he did say that he did “terrorize and curse them out,” he never made any threats.“The situation escalated quickly. I screamed and yelled, but I never touched (the volunteer worker),” he said.Silverstein alleged over the past four years, Trump supporters “on a daily basis have been attacked, harassed and threatened. I’m fed up.” He criticized the mainstream media, liberals, the “radical left and Marxists” for criticizing Trump and his supporters.Silverstein, a chiropractor, said when he saw all the Biden/Harris signs outside the DTC headquarters, he felt compelled to speak his mind.The Fairfield Democrats on their , posted “We are grateful that all our volunteers, though shaken, are safe following this extremely upsetting event. This is exactly the kind of malicious behavior that is enabled and recklessly encouraged by our current president on a regular basis. And when our country’s leaders do not push back against Trump’s incitements, this hateful conduct only gains more momentum.“We need leaders — here and across the country — who will stand up and state unequivocally: THIS. IS. NOT. ACCEPTABLE. Not here in Fairfield, not in Connecticut, not anywhere.”

FAIRFIELD — A Westport man was charged after he showed up at the front door of the Fairfield Democratic Town Committee office allegedly yelling profanities and insults at volunteers inside.Michael Silverstein, 61, of Bayberry Lane, was issued a summons for breach of peace after the 4 p.m. Friday incident at the DTC office, 1 Sasco Hill Road.“One of the volunteer workers within the DTC offered to help the man. The man became confrontational, which caused the volunteer worker to take out their cell phone in an attempt to record the incident,” said Fairfield Police Lt. Antonio Granata.“The...

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