This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign
newrepublic.com
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.

Summary

A GOP town hall in Idaho turned violent when private security, LEAR Asset Management, forcibly removed Teresa Borrenpohl for speaking out.

The incident escalated after Borrenpohl questioned a panelist’s anti-abortion stance, leading to her being dragged out by unmarked security. Sheriff Norris, present but in plainclothes, did not intervene initially.

LEAR, known for aggressive tactics, was revealed to have been hired by the town hall organizers. Police later revoked LEAR’s city license and clarified that removing someone for speaking out is unlawful.

The incident shows rising tensions and the blurring lines between political events and private security enforcement in conservative areas.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    141·
    2 days ago

    The problem with plain clothes is it’s kinda hard to tell if they’re a cop or just security,. especially in the heat of the moment.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 days ago

      Yea I get it. I’m unfortunately reaching the point where to me it doesn’t matter because something/someone needs to be the Luigi for this movement. Punching a plain clothes cop in the mouth isn’t shooting a CEO, but on the news, it could be an inspiration for a movement.

      10+ years ago, the rhetoric that the GOP uses in normal conversation today would have been a career ender. Trump being the piece of shit he is, said it all out loud and that made it acceptable for other cunts to do the same. Racism, Bigotry, Antisemitism, they’re all acceptable now because someone broke through that barrier. Maybe defending one’s freedom with violence against the cross burners could have the same normalizing effect.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Don’t forget that they are now throwing seig heils now.

        Thanks to Bronzo the Clown specifically, but they’ve been on this path for decades, so if it wasn’t Bronzo, it would have been some other POS Republican. As long as they could get just enough votes for this shit, given the way demographics are changing, you could almost predict how reactionary these fucks were going to get.

        They looked around and see how many non-whites there are. They see how many non-xtians there are. They see gays getting married and being accepted, and now they are further freaked out to find out that trans exist and are not closeted like they once were…