The Brief A candidate for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District was arrested following an alleged road rage incident in Mequon on Thursday. The incident included a profanity-laden tirade over Israel that was caught on video. The person, identified as Green Party candidate Matthew Arndt, was arrested.



A candidate for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District was arrested after he was caught on video shouting obscenities about Israel at a person in a gas station parking lot.

Mequon investigation

What happened:

It happened at around 8:50 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Mequon police responded to a report of a road rage and disorderly conduct incident that happened at the Mobil Gas Station at the corner of Mequon and Wauwatosa roads.

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The initial investigation revealed that a 54-year-old man from Mequon and a 40-year-old man from Mequon were involved in a road rage interaction on Mequon Road, which allegedly included obscene gestures and dangerous driving. Both men entered the gas station parking lot, where police said the 54-year-old man used profane language and made anti-Semitic statements.

FOX6 News later confirmed that the man shouting the obscenities was 54-year-old Matthew Arndt, a Green Party candidate for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District. He was later arrested for disorderly conduct with a hate crime enhancer.

 F*** Israel'

What they're saying:

The interaction at the gas station was caught on video.

 I'm running for Congress here in the 6th District, and f*** Israel. Go f*** yourself,  Arndt is heard saying in the video.  The whole country's against you, you piece of s***. 

Arndt also shouted  free Palestine.  The man who took the video said he thinks a bumper sticker - which reads  F*** Hamas  with the flag of Israel in place of two letters - on his car is what triggered it all.

FOX6 News edited the video for profanity; you can watch it in full below. FOX6's Jason Calvi shared the uncensored footage on his X page.

Matthew Arndt speaks

What they're saying:

Arndt agreed to speak to FOX6 
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