An exclusive retirement community in California was thrown into chaos after two elderly women got into a fistfight over their political differences.
The two retirees from the Rossmoor community got into a fight on July 23, the same day President Donald Trump survived an attempt on his life.
The unidentified women were on the pickle ball court when the pro-Trump woman reportedly blamed Democratic rhetoric for the assassination attempt, while the liberal woman made an inappropriate comment about the shooting.
The pensioners then began pushing and elbowing each other before throwing punches, leaving clumps of hair on the ground, the report said. Chronicle of San Francisco.
Walnut Creek Police were called to the scene and one person was cited and released after a “shoving and elbowing fight” at the Tice Creek Fitness Center.
An upmarket retirement community in California has been thrown into chaos after two elderly women got into a fistfight over their political differences.
The two retirees from the Rossmoor community in Orange County got into a fistfight on July 23, the same day President Donald Trump survived an attempt on his life. File photo of the community gym
No charges were filed in the incident.
Rossmoor is a 55-plus community with about 10,000 residents and a median home price of $595,000. Most of its residents are at the top of their careers and are accustomed to speaking their minds, according to the Chronicle.
The first fight prompted community administrators, the Golden Rain Foundation board of directors, to intervene in an attempt to prevent future politically motivated violence.
Trustees have banned protests on a corner near Rossmoor, as well as political commentary in the community newspaper.
The new rules dictate that Rossmoor groups can only hold one demonstration every two weeks, although they can request to hold more in an emergency.
Trustees have banned protests on a corner near Rossmoor, as well as political commentary in the community newspaper.
Rossmoor is a 55+ community with approximately 10,000 residents and a median home price of $595,000.
Demonstrations must also be held on a thin strip of grass near community clubhouses and must be posted with a “Please do not honk” sign.
The changes have sparked outrage in the senior community, which now claims its freedom of expression is being violated.
Retirees staged a protest in August demanding the new policies be reversed.
“They’re infantilizing us, with the idea that we can’t express ourselves. They know better,” said resident Michael Goldberg in an interview with CBS News.
Board communications director Ann Peterson told the Chronicle that the pickle ball fight was just one of the incidents that led to the policy changes.
Peterson said political tensions in the community had been building for months and several residents had been confronted at the Rosmoor Farmer’s Marker over political columns or films shown at meetings.
For many Rossmoor residents, the policies are violating their rights.
The changes have sparked outrage in the senior community, which now claims its freedom of expression is being violated.
Some clubs also “received anonymous letters of a threatening nature, again because of their political beliefs and some of the speakers they brought to Rossmoor,” Peterson added.
But for many outspoken Rossmoor residents, the policies are impinging on their rights.
“We’re being treated like kids in a high school cafeteria where two people had a food fight and now everyone is suspended,” said Katha Hartley, who leads the 1,240-member Democratic club in the community.
