Protesters at a Marsha Blackburn for Senate campaign event today in Tennessee featuring the candidate and Sen. Lindsey Graham was interrupted multiple times by protesters, including during a moment of silence for the victims of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh:
One woman was just removed after heckling Blackburn during a moment of silence for the Pittsburgh victims. At least five tossed so far.
— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) October 28, 2018
The protesters put up a fight when asked to leave and were eventually handcuffed:
Protester tussling w/police at Marsha Blackburn & Lindsey Graham rally had to be wrestled to the ground and handcuffed in order to be removed. pic.twitter.com/ACedW2xsUn
— Jason Donner (@jason_donner) October 28, 2018
Some of the protesters were identified as members of Black Lives Matter:
Black Lives Matter protesters were just forcibly removed from the @VoteMarsha rally in Nashville pic.twitter.com/tDgETLkUhD
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
Before I started taking this video, a woman screamed something about the “extremist Republican Party” and was removed, kicking and screaming, by three men.
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
Here’s the protest during the moment of silence:
This woman, during a moment of silence for the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting yesterday, yelled “Marsha Blackburn is a white supremacist.” When she was removed, Blackburn said “how despicable that you cannot even have a moment of silence.” pic.twitter.com/xs3DOKuR16
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
Another woman was drowned out before I could even hear what she was saying and walked out patiently as a man led her out. Blackburn very quickly mentioned that the GOP has stopped the “illegal invading force approaching our southern border.”
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
And this is a pretty funny line from Senator Graham:
Lindsey Graham has taken the stage. He says, "First thing I want to say is, if there's anymore protesters out there, now's your time."
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
You know it’s bad for your side when Dem Phil Bredesen had to release a statement distancing himself from his own supporters:
The Bredesen campaign has released a statement condemning the protesters. pic.twitter.com/P4BycWi7Ac
— Addy Baird ? (@addysue) October 28, 2018
Rake, meet face.
Editor’s note: We’ve corrected the headline. It’s Marsha, not Martha Blackburn.
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