Rhode Island Senate hopeful suspends marketing campaign after assaulting opponent

Rhode Island state Senate candidate Jeann C. Lugo has formally resigned from his marketing campaign after a video emerged of him attacking his Democratic opponent Jennifer Rourke.

VIDEO: RHODE ISLAND SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS OPPONENT ASSAULTED HER AT ROE RALLY

Lugo, the only real Republican candidate, is a police officer for the Windfall Police Division however has since been placed on go away with pay as they examine the scenario. The division confirmed it was Lugo within the video Rourke posted of the assault.

The police officer is charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Rourke and Lugo have been at a rally protesting the Supreme Courtroom's determination on Dobbs v. Jackson Girls's Well being Group on the time.

“As an officer that swore to guard and serve our communities, I, sadly, noticed myself in a scenario that no particular person ought to see themselves in," Lugo stated. "I stepped in to guard somebody that a group of agitators was attacking.”

Lugo introduced the top of his marketing campaign Saturday on Twitter however has since deactivated his account.

Neither Lugo nor Rourke responded to the Washington Examiner's request for remark.