Wisconsin House candidate arrested after hate-filled rant at Israeli dad with anti-Hamas bumper sticker

A Wisconsin congressional candidate has been arrested on hate crime charges after he went on a vulgar caught-on-camera rant against an Israeli dad with his young son in the car — after he was triggered by an anti-Hamas bumper sticker.Matthew Arndt, 54, allegedly cut off the 41-year-old father on a road in the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon Thursday morning, flipping him the bird and cursing at him before pulling into a gas station, where the dad followed him and began filming the explosive encounter.“Do you want to tell me something?” the father asked. “Yeah, you’re a f–king piece of s–t! You’re a f–king traitor!” Arndt erupted, pointing an accusatory finger at the stunned motorist.“Why do you say this?” the dad asked.“You’re a f–king Israel f–king traitor! F–k you! F–k Israel! Go f–k yourself!” Arndt raged.By Thursday evening, Arndt had been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge with a hate crime enhancer, police said.During the confrontation, Arndt dared the father to share the footage.“You know what? Go post it on social media.

I’m running for Congress in the 6th District, and f–k Israel! Go f–k yourself!” he shouted.“Really? You’re running for Congress?” the incredulous dad asked.“F–k the Israel lobby! F–k the neocons!” Arndt fired back.Asked his name, the candidate declared, “Free Palestine! Matthew Arndt.”“You’re a great guy.I’m definitely going to vote for you,” the father shot back sarcastically.The Israeli immigrant, who has lived in the US for about 12 years, told The Post the bizarre confrontation began while he was driving his young son to school.“I was driving my son to school this morning.

Someone was driving behind me.I have an Israeli flag sticker with ‘F–k Hamas,’ which, as far as I understand, is a terror organization that was declared so by the US,” he said.“And I guess that really pissed off the guy behind me, and when he got the chance, he just got next to ...