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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:27 PM Sep 2012

Faux News: Secret Service looking into delegate who said she wants to 'kill' Romney

based on early comments, Blaze is Glenn Becks website... the delegate that made the comments was being interviewed by Blaze.... the link below is not to Blaze, it is a fox news link.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/06/secret-service-looking-into-delegate-who-said-wants-to-kill-romney/

From Faux News:

The Secret Service is looking into an incident where a New York delegate at the Democratic National Convention said she would "like to kill" Mitt Romney if she ever sees him.

Julia Rodriguez made the remark Wednesday in a brief interview with a reporter for The Blaze website.

She said she thinks the Republican presidential candidate will ruin the country.

"He will destroy this country, completely. Romney will destroy this country," she said. "If I see him, I would like to kill him."

The startling remarks caught the attention of the Secret Service, which provides protection to the former Massachusetts governor.

"We are aware of the video and are taking the appropriate follow-up steps," spokesman Ed Donovan said in an email.

Asked for comment, the Romney campaign referred all questions to the Secret Service.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/06/secret-service-looking-into-delegate-who-said-wants-to-kill-romney/#ixzz25iuQof6J

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little old lady from Puerto Rico? I think it is worse for Fox to post her image and name for all their nut-case readers to see? its obvious what they are doing - assholes

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Beaverhausen

(24,467 posts)
1. IF she said it, she is stupid and should be kicked out. But the Blaze website is Beck's site
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:29 PM
Sep 2012

so I question this and don't want to open the link. Is there video?

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
9. I don't know whether she really said it or not either
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:42 PM
Sep 2012

But I agree that if she did, it was pretty stupid, and of course the Secret Service should investigate.

librechik

(30,663 posts)
7. yes there is video--this poor woman has a very poor grasp of English.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:34 PM
Sep 2012

Whatever, a lot of people say things like that and they don't mean it. Look at Freepertopia.

trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
8. obvious language issue.... of course, that would be taken advantage of by the rotten fucks at fox
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:38 PM
Sep 2012

super uncool.... their hate runs deep

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
13. Nonsense. She said that she's been living in NY for 40 years.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 05:18 PM
Sep 2012

Centainly heavily accented English, but when she said "If I see him, I would like to kill him" she knew exactly what she was saying. Don't get my wrong. I don't believe for a minute that she actually would kill him, but what she said had nothing to do with her command of the language.

And having said it, of course the Secret Service should talk to her and of course she should be summarily ejected from the convention, just as anyone who would have said such a thing toward the President should have been spoken to and then ejected from the RNC last week. It's wrong no matter who says it and no matter which side of the political argument they're on.

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
10. Pretty dumb statement
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:45 PM
Sep 2012

Almost certainly she didn't mean it literally but the SS would be remiss if the didn't investigate this.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
12. Dumb statement. The SS should take it seriously and respond appropriately.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 05:07 PM
Sep 2012

As they should with the literally hundreds of right-wing nutjobs waving their weapons around, calling for "2nd Amendment Remedies", posting violent fantasies about Democrats on Facebook, selling "Liberal Hunting License" bumper stickers, and the rest.

I realize it's a big job because there seem to be literally tens of thousands of these sorts of felons walking around, especially at teabagger gatherings, but I think it's important to be consistent and fair.

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