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Hawaii Congressional Candidate Knocked Out Cold During Beach Fight, On Video
2:05 PM PT — Maui Police Department tells TMZ … at one point, Kirill Basin had pulled out a knife — injuring himself in the process.
He allegedly chucked it into the ocean before the cops arrived. They say a bystander found the alleged knife and turned it over to police.
MPD tells us the whole thing started when Basin was approached about turning his music down … they say he allegedly threatened the man and his wife, claiming he had a gun and was going to shoot her.
A Hawaiian congressional candidate got hit by a double whammy … he first got his ass whooped on the beach … and then he reportedly got arrested for making terroristic threats … and the brawl is on video.
Kirill Basin, a Democratic candidate running for Congress against incumbent Democrat Jill Tokuda, got into a heated back-and-forth Saturday with a couple at Keawakapu Beach on Maui. The verbal altercation was captured by a witness on dramatic video, along with the ensuing ass-kicking.
Check it out and bring the popcorn … the clip starts with Basin talking about putting the other man in the hospital before doing a total 180 and shaking the man’s hand.
But then Basin tells the man’s female companion to go f*** herself — and that’s when everything goes off the rails.
In the end, Basin gets knocked out cold by a single punch thrown by the other man. The politician drops like a sack of potatoes, and some guy starts slapping his face to wake him up while he’s unconscious on the ground.
After cops arrived, things only got worse for Basin, who was arrested for 2 counts of terroristic threatening in the first degree … and his bail was set at $1 million — MPD tells TMZ.
The news site reports a 61-year-old man asked Basin to turn down the volume on the music he was playing. Basin allegedly implied he had a gun and would shoot his wife, sparking the physical altercation.
During the fight, Basin allegedly produced a knife and threatened a bunch of people with it before he got knocked into next week.