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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVoter arrested at GOPers town hall for asking how he'd feel if his daughter was abducted by ICE
Voter arrested at GOPers town hall for asking how hed feel if his daughter was abducted by ICE like a DreamerBob Brigham BOB BRIGHAM 02 SEP 2017 AT 13:38 ET
Republican Senator Pat Toomeys first town hall meeting in months resulted in multiple charges for a voter who asked a provocative hypothetical question.
A Northampton man was not only pulled from Thursday nights televised town hall with U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), he was also arrested, Lehigh Valley Live reports.
Simon Radecki, 28, of Northampton County, Pennsylvania faces charges of disorderly conduct and disrupting a public meeting. The town hall was televised by community-owned public television station PBS39.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/voter-arrested-at-gopers-town-hall-for-asking-how-hed-feel-if-his-daughter-was-abducted-by-ice-like-a-dreamer/
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Voter arrested at GOPers town hall for asking how he'd feel if his daughter was abducted by ICE (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Sep 2017
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Ilsa
(61,692 posts)1. Gestapo in PA. nt
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Our republican fascist overlords
don't appreciate the unwashed masses asking pointed questions it seems.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)2. Funny. I don't remember Bernard Shaw being arrested...
rustydog
(9,186 posts)4. GOP: Gestapo Only Party
Isn't there something about freedom of speech?
petitioning your government for redresses?
ProfessorGAC
(64,989 posts)5. This Is Bizarre, Isn't It?
He got arrested for asking a question?
Disorderly conduct? At a town hall?
I smell a lawsuit coming!
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)6. Toomey Got "Re-Elected" The Same Way tRump "Won" PA...
And I don't mean by getting the most votes. One of the only actual true statements that came out of the orange shit-gibbon's mouth was "It's rigged". Toomey was double digits down in the polls and then all of a sudden he won.