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Ron Paul Campaign Calls on Newt Gingrich to Apologize for His Staff Assault on Ron Paul Supporter

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 18:23

Politics, General + Law(s)

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign is requesting an apology and decisive action from Congressman Newt Gingrich and his campaign for abuse the latter organization perpetrated against a Ron Paul supporter.

The incident occurred in the Orlando suburb of Windermere, Florida and involved 29-year-old Ron Paul supporter Eddie Dillard, who was injured during an exchange with the Gingrich campaign.

Mr. Dillard arrived at his polling site, the Winderemere Baptist Church, and noticed a Gingrich supporter holding a Gingrich sign, so to reciprocate he returned to the scene with a Ron Paul sign. The area he chose was public space but it had been identified by the Gingrich campaign as the very place where Gingrich would be visiting. As the Gingrich staff moved in, members of the security detail and/or other staff warned Mr. Dillard, telling him to exit from the public space. When Mr. Dillard exercised his right of free expression by remaining there, simply holding the sign, Gingrich’s campaign team escalated the situation and, noticing Mr. Dillard was wearing flip-flops, dug their heels in his foot and reportedly directed each other to step on Mr. Dillard’s feet. Mr. Dillard, to be sure, was injured, harassed, and inconvenienced.

Reporters from Yahoo! News were on the scene and covered the story here.

In response to the incident, the Ron Paul Presidential campaign released the following statement. Below find comments from National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton:

“They say the culture of an organization is a reflection of its top executive and today’s deplorable behavior against Ron Paul supporter Eddie Dillard in Florida reflects very poorly on Congressman Gingrich.

“I call on Congressman Gingrich to publicly apologize to Mr. Dillard.

“In addition, we ask that those Gingrich campaign staff directly involved in the episode be immediately terminated.

Continue:
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/01/31/ron-paul-campaign-call...

Just a warning

Submitted by MindUrBusiness on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 01:49. Permalink

to any idiot Gingrinch, Mittens or Frothy supporters. Pull that crap with me in Kansas and you will get the beating of a lifetime!

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Does anyone know

Submitted by RonPauler on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 00:00. Permalink

if this requires a federal investigation because of intimidation toward a VOTER at a POLLING place?

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Although I am not all that

Submitted by ninestripe on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 01:30. Permalink

Although I am not all that familiar with laws governing voter intimidation, I could certainly see how one could construe the acts of the aggressor (gingrich campaign staff) against the victim (a supporter of an alternate candidate practicing a legal 1st amendment demonstration) in such an environment (mere yards from a primary polling location) as voter intimidation.

Gingrich has the cashola to pay who he needs to pay in order to make this go away. We all must remember this. That being said, a potential lawsuit could potentially defer funds from actual campaign efforts towards the costs of representation and expedite gingrich's exit from this race. One can only dream...

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A Pattern with Gingrich Security

Submitted by Mauibrad on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:59. Permalink

The Violent Pattern and Practice of Newt Gingrich’s Security http://freekeene.com/2012/01/17/the-violent-pattern-and-prac...
These things also happened in NH here http://fiveminutestilmidnight.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/the-t... and here http://youtu.be/1MRcZCXAKEM
None of the other campaigns has had these type of incidents happening.

I loath the Grinch

Submitted by Redgyl on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:57. Permalink

The only good thing he does is dilute Romney's votes.

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That Is Perfect! "I Loathe The Grinch" Perfecto!...

Submitted by nonewt noromney on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 01:16. Permalink

maybe when President Newt interns us all in a for-profit reeducation camp here at home in sunny Nome or we are sent overseas to meet our personal Stalingrad in one of Field Marshall Baby Leroy Gin-Grinch's disastrous wars of aggression for world peace and harmony, we can click our ankle bracelets and jackboots together like Dorothy's ruby slippers and intone the magic words "I loathe the Grinch", "I loathe the Grinch", "I loathe the Grinch". Trouble is it won't be Glinda The Good Witch descending in a balloon to whisk us home to freedom and safety. It'll be Dana Bash sticking a microphone in our pusses asking insipid questions.

Newt

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:17. Permalink

He should go for the NHL fighters job.
His staff for wrestling!

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That sorry SOB wouldn't have

Submitted by SIERRAHPBT on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:17. Permalink

That sorry SOB wouldn't have the cohones to do that.

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Not An Isolated Incident

Submitted by jdcash on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 21:04. Permalink

it's not an isolated incident Newt's staffers. Adam Kokesh was assaulted in NH by Newt's security detail.

getting this story to go viral will (I hope) will end this crap

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 21:19. Permalink

We need just 100 people to send this to Drudge Report.
Things will take off.

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Cavuto's broadcast plus

Submitted by JohnPhillipSousa on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:50. Permalink

Adam Kokesh's runin with the Gingrich thugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGI0qc88f5U&feature=g-all-u&c...

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Thanks for the video

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:57. Permalink

CNN will you cover this?

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The key word in this incident is that it was STAFF

Submitted by elviejo on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:44. Permalink

not supporters..... STAFF.

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Great point

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:54. Permalink

and who was in charge?
= Newt!

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Remember the famous words of

Submitted by Clay Carey on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:43. Permalink

Remember the famous words of Ghandi, "First they Black you out, then they Stomp you out, Then YOU WIN'!

It's time for the WIN !

Gingrich security assaulted

Submitted by michaeljoseph on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 19:52. Permalink

Gingrich security assaulted Adam Kokesh too! If only the campaign wasn't trying to distance themselves from him because of the RT goof.

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Well, that's pretty much it for the Grinch...

Submitted by manniman on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 19:47. Permalink

We all know he was licking RP's arse just to try and get RPsupporters to vote for him but with this he can't even pretend that anymore. Either apologize publicly which would alienate those "shoot first ask question later" neocons from his campaign or put an X on any remote possibility of getting support from RP's people. He won't even be able to pretend as if that's a possibility anymore (even though that was never going to happen).

Either way the Grinch's done. His staffers screwed with the wrong people...

You live by the sword, you die by the sword Grinch!

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well said

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:11. Permalink

CNN just reported this minute Ron Paul with 8% of the vote in Florida...clear voting fraud.

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Pics and vid?

Submitted by normltexas on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 19:37. Permalink

I am sadden by this.

I want to see the pics and the video that Mr. Dillard took.

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A Yahoo! reporter was on the scene and reported it

Submitted by bejay on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 20:55. Permalink

Third party corroboration. And I believe another thread had a link to a picture placing Mr. Dillard at the scene and in the midst of Gingrich's foofaraw...

Edit: Here's the Yahoo! article with a photo of Dillard standing next to Gingrich: http://tinyurl.com/78fntce

If the SNewt campaign fails to appologise and fire

Submitted by Steadfast on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 19:08. Permalink

If the SNewt campaign fails to appologise and fire those thugs, then I strong suggest a "superPAC" use the "film" in a commercial against SNewt.
" picture Gingrich thugs artfully rendered in SS black ( NO symbols, just all black ) as Newt sneers back towards the " Patriot daring to express his free speach rights" as Newts thugs squash the Patriot in a synchronized "boot stomp". " cut to Newt delivering a speach ( super pac to find suitable filmed quote to imply tyranny of Newt. )

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This is not the first time

Submitted by RoadtoSurfdom on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 19:05. Permalink

we've had a run in with Gingrich's Gestapo.

They try that sh!t here in Texas, where every God fearing Ron Paul supporter is strapped to the hilt, and they'll be rolling that SS storm trooper to the morgue.

Stomp my toes or my countryman's toes or try to harm them in some way and see what happens. In their attempt to stop me from exercising the first amendment they'll get a taste of what the second amendment is all about.

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