Freshman Congressman physically assaulted

http://thinkprogress.org/

As lobbyist-run groups encourage conservative activists to “rattle” members of Congress at local town hall events, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the president of the freshman Democratic class has revealed that “at least one freshman Democrat” has already been “physically assaulted at a local event” by right-wing activists. Connolly warned that conservative groups had taken things to a “dangerous level“:

If they go off in a meeting, arrest every damned one of them.

Why are these thugs allowed to go this far?

:rant:

i cant beleive that people are happy to have bush tactics as long as its the other guy getting it..

If they resort to physical violence, it's also battery.

Anybody committing assault (and make no mistake, we already have tapes of people assaulting the Congresspersons), needs to be rounded up and locked up.

THey start shooting next.

or are you just a contrarian here?

it was only a short year ago that DU was advocating civil disobedience and shouting down the pubs and now its all about locking up anyone who disagrees with you, i cant believe people cant see this...

i complained about fascist behavior, i didn't say anything about locking people up.

i've talked to you before, so i have a little less patience this time.

I would like to see a better effort from the representatives in exposing them for what they are. Let them spout, but call them out. Pre-empt their screaming by warning everyone what is coming and who is behind it. If they start yelling, ask if they are a constituent. If they don't allow the town hall to proceed, escort them out. They have a right to speak, but not an unlimited right to disrupt. I'm not talking about rounding anyone up, or setting up 'free speech zones'. Just remove the most noxious ones for being disruptive.

:rofl:

but at least i am consistant in my thinking they are all dumb, i dont change just because of the colour of the flag being carried..

escalating.

do you have problems?

Also, they are excorted out immediately and sometimes with force no matter the venue. Also, proposing healthcare reform has nothing to do nor reference point with war, torture, breaking laws by elected officials, etc.

a banker who needs to hire security for his safety, but im impressed that the machine is working hard to keep everyone on message... shame you cant see the difference in the two situations. Though when it gets physical then arrests need to be made, whether its righties, save the whales, code pink or any group....

Left or right. I'm pretty sure anyone who does it KNOWS that's what is going to happen.

Doesn't mean I think anyone who is disruptive should simply be arrested. But if you are threatening or whipping up other people and causing a potentially dangerous situation, then yes, you should be arrested.

and what imm afraid of, is who sets the level were arrests are to be made, surely the cop haters dont want the cops to decide, my fear is what happens when the sho is on the other foot, im not happy with even the idiots being silenced...

Right wing nuts are at a flashpoint. They could start throwing punches and chairs at any second.

If there aren't enough police to escort the thugs out, then call the city cops to do it.

When protesters of Sen. Baucus's Senate hearings became vocal, they were ushered out immediately by police.

Why are there no police at these townhall meetings? Surely by now the police understand what a townhall meeting about universal, single-payer healthcare will bring in in terms of thugs and goons...

so the organizers wrongly ASSume they won't be needed now.

They just haven't paid enough attention to know that these are organized mobs that are bused from venue to venue.

assault can be a felony

As Chris Hayes said yesterday, to Rachel, Democracy is the nonviolent revolution of political conflict.

This doesn't have a whole lot of credibility if we don't know the Congressman's name.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), would make it a credible story. I would certainly like more details though.

Maybe I'm just crabby at the bloggers for that "Palin divorce" nonsense of a few days ago.

Make examples of these fuckers.

This is ridiculous.

And so complicit is the M$M, covering up the lobbyists behind the scenes, and downplaying the fact that these people are using intimidation as a political tool... any M$M newsreader who doesn't call it out is complicit.

The GOP is sponsoring terror

and expected to be there.

those who assault others.

A**holes!

types on the payroll. They sure know how to handle things.

Seriously, every time there is a townhall the local police should be asked to provide security. If Clem and the boys don't wanna do it, call for the State Troopers. If they don't wanna do it get the FBI involved. And make sure there are several reliable people present to take continuous video of what takes place.

We really don't want to be hiring security thugs on our own. It is certain to backfire.

Even NPR last night was covering this as thought they were some sort of populist hero's.

It's a federal crime to threaten Congressmembers, so it's time to stop coddling these hateful idiots.

Damn!

Placing a call to Rep. Connolly's office!

Toll-free Capitol Hill Numbers:

1-800-828-0498 1-866-388-1015 1-866-220-0044 1-877-851-6437

Freshman Democratic lawmaker ‘physically assaulted at a local event’ by right-wing activists., August 5, 2009


How much longer?, June 10, 2009



HOW MUCH LONGER?

:mad:

Arrest and prosecute all of them.

Wait for krystalnacht and be surprised?

... NOT about their freedom of speech, it's about them intimidating others into silence -- with the threat of violence always in the wings.

Those of us with eyes to see and ears to hear knew that the RW would not go quietly once Obama was elected. They don't give a damn about fair and democratic processes, as anyone who has been paying attention since Election 2000 knows. Our country's fate still stands on the edge of a knife, when it comes to the RW hate machine. We have GOT to be ready for them, and this example shows one way to do it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6215857

Tea Baggers FAIL to disrupt Health Care meeting, lessons shared.
Posted by Joanne98 on Tue Aug-04-09 07:09 AM
The Democratic Alliance of Northwest Indiana (DANI ) hosted a meeting with Rep. Pete Visclosky (D, IN-01), on Monday, Aug. 3, 6:30 PM. We invited the public and their written questions. It seems good to share with the Daily Kos readership some lessons we learned. <snip>

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/4/761608/-Tea-Baggers-FAIL-to-disrupt-Health-Care-meeting,-lessons-shared

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