14 year old tea partier reacts to Wisc hecklers [View All]

Fourteen-year-old Tricia Willoughby gave a speech at a podium on the steps of the Capital building in Madison, Wisconsin to a Tea Party rally on Sunday, and videos of her speech -- and opposition protesters yelling and cursing at her -- took the Internet by storm. ABC News spoke with Willoughby, who said she respects the right of others to protest and air their views, but thinks the tactics used on Sunday were beneath American dignity.

A video taken from the crowd of several hundred people during Willoughby's speech shows an anti-Tea Party protester yelling obscenities, making obscene gestures and screaming "Go home, you little brat!" at the Willoughby. The protester's identity is not known.

Willoughby's speech, although arguably partisan, did not include any personal attacks. Instead, she called on Americans to come together to lower the federal deficit, which she believes can be done by cutting spending and lowering taxes.

"When that particular man was screaming obscenities at me, he wasn't criticizing my logic, he wasn't criticizing what I was saying, he was just saying I was a little brat and I should go home because I was simply a member of the opposing side up at the podium," Willoughby said. "My first reaction was actually to laugh. I was shocked that he was so immature that he was screaming crazy things at me and not listening to what I was saying."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/tea-party-hecklers-14-year-wisconsin-tea-party/story?id=13421116


Tea Party activist Tricia Willoughby speaking in Madison, Wisconsin on April 17th, 2011. courtesy of Nancy Willoughby

First off I'm sorry to see one so young to be so brainwashed. And Tricia did you watch the crap Obama supporters put up with from McCain/Palin supporters in 2008? You weren't too young to have missed that on TV. Oh, I forgot you were probably watching Faux. I'll give you that you probably were too young for the swiftboating of Kerry and the ugliness of Wingnuts outside Kerry events!

I applaud you for getting involved in politics. I hope you have an open mind and listen to more than your parents, Faux news & only one side's viewpoint.