FL political candidate stabs husband, daughter: 'the devil' made her do it

A Florida political candidate stabbed her husband and daughter in an attack she thought killed them after she accused them of being "the devil," according to police. It turns out they aren't and both are recovering from the attack from their loved one.

Julie Mitchell, 54, was covered in the blood of her child and husband and was armed with a large kitchen knife when police arrived at her Fort Lauderdale suburban home Tequesta Police said in the arrest affidavit. 

Mitchell, who was running for a village council seat, was “actively resisting” arrest and intentionally whacked two police officers who were trying to control her, the document states. It's highly likely only Democrats would vote for her.

Her teenage daughter, who was hysterically crying, was found outside the home with a cut to her head.  “My mom just stabbed me and my dad,” she reportedly told responding officers.

Mr. Mitchell was found inside suffering from a stab wound to his upper left arm, according to the record.

All three were rushed to the hospital, where Mitchell allegedly continued her verbal — and apparently religious — rampage: “God still loves the world and He gave us His only Son.”

When asked why she was at the hospital and covered in blood, the candidate [or more likely former candidate] said it was because she renounced Satan, police said. Don't we all?

“She told me that Satan lived in her home. When I asked her regarding stabbing, she told me that her husband, daughter and their dog are the devil so she sodomized her husband and stabbed her daughter in the heart,” a Tequesta sergeant wrote in his report. 

At least she didn't do anything to the dog, although she thought it too was the devil.

“When I asked her if she thinks her daughter and husband are dead or alive, she said she thinks they’re both dead, ” the sergeant said.

At the time of the incident, Mitchell was one of two candidates running for a seat on the five-member Tequesta Village Council in the March 19 election. Her platform is: "fight evil wherever you find it." 

Mitchell allegedly said her husband, daughter and dog were “the devil.”Mitchell resisted arrest and struck two officers, according to an arrest affidavit.

On her campaign website, which has since been taken down [but is now in "Maintenance Mode,"] she listed “sustaining high public safety standards” as one of her priorities. 

Seriously. You can't make this stuff up.

The status of her campaign is unclear, but a village spokesperson told The Palm Beach Post Friday that no one from Mitchell’s camp had reported any change about her candidacy, so she must be a Democrat. I know Nancy Pelosi would vote for her if she could if she had a "D" after her name.

Media reports said Mitchell has been a neighborhood services coordinator for the town of Jupiter for nearly 20 years.

She was booked without bail into the Palm Beach County Jail on four counts of aggravated battery and two of resisting an officer with violence, online records show.

Her family did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment, but they are considering making a sacrifice to get her out of the slammer.

However, in all seriousness, I hope she is able to get the help she obviously needs and that her daughter and husband fully recover from their wounds.

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