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A woman in Celebration, Florida, told her local sheriff that she was hiring a hit-man to kill Florida Governor Rick Scott, according to authorities. That woman has been named as 36-year-old Ruba Khandaqji.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. Ruba Thought By Having Scott Killed, She Would Get Deported
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WFTV reports that Ruba said she was going to have Scott killed because she wanted to be deported to Jordan, which she referred to as her “homeland.” She lives in the Orlando suburb of Celebration.
2. She Called Her Local Sheriff’s Office to Explain Her Plans
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On March 29, Ruba called the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office to say she was planning to get a hit-man to kill Scott. My News 13 reports that Ruba told the dispatcher at the office “I’m going to hire a hit and kill whomever I can kill. Why? Because it will deport me to my homeland directly. You trash governor is torturing me here. I’m forced to live here. I hope this call is recorded. Pass it to your governor. Tell him she is hiring a hit-man.”
She was first investigated by authorities in February 2015 after she made a comment on the governor’s website that could have been perceived as a threat. Ruba was arrested by police on April 1.
3. She Refers to Scott as a ‘Tea Party Terrorist’
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On her Facebook page, she says that she studied at Najah National University in Palestine. Her Twitter account consists mainly of her retweeting messages from President Barack Obama as well as tweets that are critical of the IRS. Her threatening message to Scott’s website read “I SUGGESTS THAT YOU KEEP FLORIDA SAFE … SO YOU SHOULD START A DEPORATION PROCEDURE FOR ME TO MY HOMELAND TONIGHT. GOT IT(?).” She also referred to him as a “Tea Party Terrorist,” reports the Orlando Sentinel.
4. Ruba Has Been to D.C. to Try to Engineer Her Deportation
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She’s being held on a $5,000 bond and is facing charges of two counts of corruption by threat against a public official and resisting arrest without violence. The Orlando Sentinel reports that on March 5, Ruba went to Washington D.C. to meet with State Department officials to try to engineer her deportation.
5. She Had Told a Friend on Facebook That She Was Going Home Soon
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On February 27, Ruba told a friend on Facebook that she was “Going back to her homeland soon.”
