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Bernie Sanders supporter clashes with Ted Cruz rally
CNN Politics ^ | February 22, 2016 | Thomas Lake

Posted on 02/22/2016 6:02:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Pahrump, Nevada (CNN)--A Bernie Sanders supporter was escorted out of a Ted Cruz rally Sunday, after a scuffle that included the man interrupting the Texas senator and another attendee grabbing his throat.

In a dusty town halfway between Las Vegas and Death Valley, a municipality where prostitution is legal and citizens recently voted to remove most of the Town Board's power, it's a part of the Old West where Cruz hopes to consolidate his party's libertarian wing.

The heckling started in full when Cruz delivered a standard line in his stump speech about repealing Obamacare. Craig Bohannon, a 50-year-old Sanders supporter, took exception to that terminology.

"It was rewritten by Congress," Bohannon shouted. "Not by the President! By Congress!"

Cruz continued with his speech periodically interrupted by Bohannon.

The incident boiled over, when Cruz pivoted back to Obamacare and Bohannon grew louder. This angered one Cruz supporter in particular, and the two men stood face-to-face.

"I need a cop here," yelled Bohannon, who wore white hoops in his earlobes as large as silver dollars and his finger nails painted black. "I need a cop. I want to file charges!"(continued)

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TOPICS: Nevada; Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: cruz; democrats; nevada; obamacare; sanders; tedcruz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Builder thinks that he’s being funny. He’s not.


21 posted on 02/22/2016 8:00:34 PM PST by stratboy
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

Well; that’s queer as a three dollar bill.


22 posted on 02/22/2016 8:57:31 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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