Man charged with online threat to lynch Muslim candidate

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man has been charged in North Carolina with posting an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American candidate for a state Senate seat in Virginia.
Federal court records show a warrant for Joseph Cecil Vandevere’s arrest was issued after his June 20 indictment.
The indictment identifies the victim only by the initials “Q.R.,” but Virginia state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid posted a screenshot of the threatening tweet in March 2018 a