Washington Activist And Assault Victim Tells Her Tale To TPM

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/washington-activist-and-assault-victim-tells-her-tale-to-tpm.php

Before there was Lauren Valle and the Kentucky Stomp, there was Christie Stordeur, Democratic party volunteer and Walla Walla, Washington assault victim.

On Oct. 15, Stordeur was at the Walla Walla County GOP headquarters protesting Republican Senate nominee Dino Rossi. A pro-Rossi activist who was attempting to take Stordeur's picture allegedly hit her -- hard enough to get him arrested for assault.

In a TPM exclusive, Stordeur tells her side of the story, and expressed anguish at yet another closely-watched political campaign devolving into out-and-out violence committed by an older man on a young, progressive woman.