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progressivebydesign

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6. Yes. there are numerous sources, some in the media...
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:29 AM
Nov 2012

People were cold and angry. they'd been there since 2pm and His Royal Highness was late. There was no access to bathrooms apparently, so people wanted to go home, to get their kids out of the cold, etc., and the staff said no. They blocked the exits for a while refusing people the right to leave the arena for "security" purposes.

Too many independent sources and tweets at the event, for it to be fake. Eventually they started letting people leave, but apparently some people were sneaking out where they weren't supposed to and the staff got angry. Also many pics on twitter of a mass exodus while Mitt was still talking, after the publicity forced them to let people leave if they wanted to.

Once again, it was another concert thing, where people left before Romney was done talking. So yeah, it happened.

thought this was a funny hashtag tonite on twitter: #RomneyRallyHostages

Here ya go, here is one of many stories with actual reports from the event: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/04/1155596/-Romney-Campaign-TRAPS-supporters-wanting-to-leave-PA-Rally

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