Navy Vet Says She Was Kicked Out Of Romney Rally Because She Was Silently Protesting

[RamboLiberal]

There are ways to deal with protesters gracefully at a campaign event, and then there’s kicking a Navy veteran out of your rally because she’s wearing a t-shirt you don’t like.

Melissa Harmon tells TPM she was given the latter treatment by Mitt Romney staffers at an event in Columbia, SC Tuesday. Harmon, who was discharged honorably from the Navy under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell before the policy changed, showed up at the rally to protest Romney’s suggestion that VA benefits should be at least partially privatized.

Harmon, like a lot of veterans, is worried about the idea. But she said the Romney campaign thought her form of protest — a handwritten T-shirt — was too hot to handle and so she was kicked out of the Columbia event. There’s video to back up her story, but it’s somewhat vague.

The Romney campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Harmon’s story.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/navy-vet-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-romney-rally-because-she-was-silently-protesting-video.php?ref=fpb

[Ilsa]

1. For shame! A veteran, quietly exercising her right to free speech,

and they take it from her. They should be ashamed.

[Scuba]

2. Shame on Romney and his thugs!