Disagree with your congressman? Prepare to be arrested!
Teri Christoph, executive director of Smart Girl Politics attempts to ask Gerry Connolly for his stance on health care reform. She’s stopped by douchebag extraordinaire George Burke who attempts to tell her that filming ist verboten and she needs to apply for a press pass. Huh? Teri is a citizen, not a member of the press.
Things get worse when Connolly attempts to have a different constituent (not Teri) arrested!
Connolly left his office about an hour or so ago, and a small woman, about 4′ 8″ touched his arm, trying to get his attention long enough to say a few words to him as he tried to flee. Connolly then reacts like he’s been bitten by a snake, and starts ranting on to her that what she did was assault him, that assault is a felony, and he is going to have this woman, who couldn’t have weighed more than 110 pounds ARRESTED. Connolly then charges down the hall yelling to the capitol police, WHO THEN TAKE CONNOLLY’S CONSTITUENT INTO CUSTODY. The police talk to this woman for about two minutes, and people in the crowd who witnessed this event give their take on this. The woman is then released, and allowed back in the line to fill out a form where she can express her opinion.
Further reading on this topic:
http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/11/05/breaking-gerry-connolly-tries-to-get-constituent-arrested/
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Congressional-staffer-denies-pushing-visitor-69326747.html
http://townhall.com/blog/g/25e06ac0-1eff-4af0-b823-7509538c3656
