Ryan Heckled At First Solo Event

[maddezmom]

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Source: BuzzFeed

Posted Aug 13, 2012 2:25pm EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul Ryan's remarks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines today turned into a confrontational scene when hecklers sought to drown him out and then rush the stage.

Ryan had barely begun speaking when a woman shouted, "Are you going to cut Medicare?"

Two women rushed the stage, and one was apparently arrested by three Iowa State Patrolmen after getting on stage with a banner.

"Woah...hey...alright...she must not be from Iowa" said a dumbfounded Ryan as the woman got on stage.
The officers bounded out from behind the stage to pull her down, saying "She just punched a volunteer."

Ryan continued to deliver his stump speech over shouts of "stop the war on the poor", "stop the war on the middle class" and "stop the war on the common good" with those heckles at times drowned out by chants of
"U-S-A."

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/protester-arrested-at-ryan-event

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video at the link.
Paul Ryan Interrupted By Hecklers In Iowa (VIDEO)


Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s new vice presidential running mate, was interrupted by several protesters at a campaign event at the Iowa State Fair Monday.

Update: Cherie Mortice, who participated in the protest, told TPM in a phone interview that it was organized by Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement, a nonpartisan progressive group in the state. They are the same group that heckled Mitt Romney at last year’s Iowa State Fair, prompting his famous response that “Corporations are people.”

“Our concern with Ryan is that he wants to cut social benefits like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, which we feel have been an extremely important safety net for the middle class and poor in this country,” Mortice told TPM.

more:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/video-paul-ryan-interrupted-by-hecklers-in-iowa

[BeyondGeography]

1. It's so much more fun to drink Pinot with bank lobbyists

[maddezmom]

4. or answer questions from reporters like Mittens

As reporters walked alongside him asking questions, Ryan declined to answer most of them, saying, "We can play 'stump the VP later.'"

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. Great sound bite, ryan..just great.

I cannot fathom why they make no effort to hide their distain for having to actually act like a candidate.

[speedoo]

2. Ryan strengthens the rethugs in the midwest. Riiiight.

I hope we see stuff like this everyday.

[Amonester]

30. Oh we will, we will (see stuff like this everyday) :)

[Comrade_McKenzie]

3. Hahahaha. nt

[progressivebydesign]

5. Love that he said "she's not from Iowa." Does he think people there LIKE his budget???

No, I don't mean the zombie-eyed people they bussed in for the event.

It's so telling that not once since Romney announced him, has Yahoo had Ryan on the "trending searches" They're more interested in Taylor Swift's new mansion. go figure. America is NOT in love with the guy, despite what the MSM is trying to push.

[hedgehog]

6. Where's the Secret Service? I think Ryan is a jerk,

but shouldn't he be getting better protection than that?


That said, Ryan in blue jeans makes Romney in blue jeans look good!

[bucolic_frolic]

7. That's his low budget Security Service

He cut everything else, remember?

They may look like Wiley Coyote ordered them from Acme, but
they're adequate in my judgment.

[hedgehog]

8. Nope- no one should have been able to rush the stage like that. It's just not good.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Sets a bad precedent, I'll agree, but ...

No harm, no foul. No one hurt, certainly everyone present were
screened for weapons, they caught the cuplrits.

It's a sign that people are not going to take this power grab
lying down.

[kestrel91316]

16. He and Mittens aren't nominees yet.

[LynneSin]

9. When did Iowa become 100% kool-aid drinkers?

http://electoral-vote.com/evp2012/Pres/Graphs/iowa.html

According to the last poll Romney only has a 2% lead over Obama.

[Robbins]

11. Iowa

The last poll came from RAS.That Is why they have Romney ahead.

[Drunken Irishman]

45. Rasmussen. Don't take it seriously.

[LibDemAlways]

10. He might as well get used to it. You don't author a plan to dismantle the

social safety net and not expect to be challenged on it. Love the Repukes chants of USA USA! They'd be changing their tune in a hurry if Ryan's plan was ever actually enacted. Dumbshits.

[Brickbat]

12. Don't fuck with the Iowa State Fair.

[MADem]

13. A dumbfounded Ryan, eh? He is the perfect bookend for Mittsy the Twittsy! nt

[thelordofhell]

15. But.....but......the lobbyists love me in D.C.!!!!

Romney/Ryan-----Clueless in 2012

[DallasNE]

17. Were These Romney Supporters?

This is so uncharacteristic for Iowans so I have to wonder if this was a staged event to give sympathy to Ryan. Think about it.

[hedgehog]

18. It did seem odd that young looking women were heckling about medicare......

[DallasNE]

21. It Sounds Like A Breitbart Operation To Me n/t

[hedgehog]

24. The proof is whether or not those women were arrested or just hustled out of sight.

Only 1 trooper standing by?

[smirkymonkey]

55. They should really be all over his ass about abortion rights and birth control.

His views are so extreme I don't see how any thinking woman or decent man could stomach them.

[maddezmom]

31. updated the OP - same group that heckled Mittens that prompted "Corporations R People"

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/video-paul-ryan-interrupted-by-hecklers-in-iowa

Update: Cherie Mortice, who participated in the protest, told TPM in a phone interview that it was organized by Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement, a nonpartisan progressive group in the state. They are the same group that heckled Mitt Romney at last year’s Iowa State Fair, prompting his famous response that “Corporations are people.”

“Our concern with Ryan is that he wants to cut social benefits like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, which we feel have been an extremely important safety net for the middle class and poor in this country,” Mortice told TPM.

[Arkana]

19. Ha HA!

It's catching!

[Lucy Goosey]

20. This makes me so happy

It probably means I'm not a good person, but seriously, I love when things like this happen to Repubs.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Sounds like were off to a good start.

[SoapBox]

23. It's only the beggining!

And it could not happen to any one better.

[hedgehog]

25. Watch the entire clip - Ryan is encouraging his supporters to heckle Obama!

[wordpix]

56. I've been to events where the GOPers heckled with loudspeakers

Like that one at West Point where Chain-ee was speaking to the graduates. We were placed way off campus at a city park and then totally drowned out by Chainee's gang of revolting bullies.

[Panasonic]

26. Ryan has earned every derision

and heckles. Lots of them. Boo the RR's seniors.

Yell HYPOCRITE at this moron as he has been on the government teat FOREVER. (Never once worked in a private industry)

[truth2power]

27. Ryan says people from Iowa and Wisconsin are respectful...

Somebody needs to find a video from one of the town meetings where the baggers are screaming and foaming at the mouth and drowning out the speaker, and post it.

[WinkyDink]

42. That Little Lord Fauntleroy crap can go straight to Hell.

[jwirr]

50. Iowa is far from ignorant even if when being respectful. Look back at the Vietnam war protests.

[hootinholler]

28. Does this mean Iowa is now a battleground state?

[Tom Ripley]

29. What an enthusiastic crowd. He's a rock star!!!!

[WinkyDink]

43. Oh, brother.

[Stuart G]

32. It might have been set up by the Right Wing, to use in an ad..

They approved the people coming on the stage and it looks so bad, when this is worked into their ad and shown everywhere.
Please ..... I believe that these people will do anything including stagging what looks like a spontaneous event. If Rove and company can make it look like we, those opposed to Ryan, are the radicals, not them, well they might get some sympathy... They are amoral..They hate us and they would do something like that..They will do anything to win.

[maddezmom]

33. he wasn't a set up, here is an update from TPM

Update: Cherie Mortice, who participated in the protest, told TPM in a phone interview that it was organized by Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement, a nonpartisan progressive group in the state. They are the same group that heckled Mitt Romney at last year’s Iowa State Fair, prompting his famous response that “Corporations are people.”

“Our concern with Ryan is that he wants to cut social benefits like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, which we feel have been an extremely important safety net for the middle class and poor in this country,” Mortice told TPM.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/video-paul-ryan-interrupted-by-hecklers-in-iowa

[DionDem]

52. Not to mention, heckling Ryan

about Medicare is like shooting fish in a barrel. The protesters could've done it in their sleep.

[JaneyVee]

34. Keep him and Romney on the defense at all times!

[darkangel218]

35. I just saw video from IOWA

that's what he deserves!

[woo me with science]

36. There should be massive protests everywhere he goes.

He represents nothing short of a war on the people.

And President Obama also needs to be pinned down publicly and forced to make a stand on opposing austerity and not cutting safety nets. Nothing like the Grand Bargain, ever again.

We have had enough. It is time for the people to be clear that we will not accept a war on us from those who are supposed to represent us.

[WinkyDink]

41. EXACTLY.

[SlimJimmy]

37. A nonpartisan progressive group?

Can someone explain that to me, please.

[Bluzmann57]

48. Well, it's like this

A non partisan group, progressive or otherwise, has no declared ties to either party. I once marched with a non partisan anti war group in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and they were probably more progressive than me. But they did not call themselves Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or anything else like that. They were Iowans against the war or something like that and they publicly backed no candidate.

[DionDem]

38. It is very uncivil

To take away Medicare

[darkangel218]

39. Hahahaha!

I was ready to say something not so nice when I first saw the title :p

[DionDem]

49. As my Mom always told me . . .

"If you can't say something nice, ask someone else to say it for you."

[WinkyDink]

40. You know what distresses me NO END? "Chants of 'USA! USA!'" AKA: "Democrats are un-American."

My God, I can't stand the level of utter stupidity in this country. I'd like to turn all his supporters instantaneously into beggars in Calcutta.

[Courtesy Flush]

44. The chants of "USA" can be used as a tool for us

The candidate can't be heard while his supporters chant. When the noise dies down, heckle again to get them going. 75% of the noise will come from republicans.

[Bluzmann57]

47. People like her make me proud to be an Iowan.

And someone said, "she just punched a volunteer"? Did the volunteer attack her first? Because if he did, the woman has a right to defend herself. This is Iowa people. We can and will defend ourselves against attacks, physical or mental. Go Ms. Mortice!

[tularetom]

51. Was Bachmann there? Did she eat a corndog?

[MissMarple]

53. Midwestern women, you go, ladies!

[Lint Head]

54. So, now the end of free speech is a Romney/Ryan plan.

Obama generally lets hecklers speak. Even in the Congress.

[bitchkitty]

57. He should get used to it. n/t

[sarisataka]

58. I guess I will have to

lay off Iowa jokes for a while

[Kennah]

59. I read the title and thought, "They took off the training wheels?"