COLUMBUS - In a scene reminiscent of non-violent civil rights confrontations from the 1960s, Ohio Tea Partiers quickly turned ugly when facing off with health care advocates in front of Ohio Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's office Tuesday.
In shocking video taken by a Columbus Dispatch reporter Doral Chenowith yesterday, Tea Party protestors mock a seated counter-protestor with a sign indicating he has Parkinson's disease. They then proceed to hurl wadded up bills at him shouting, "I'll decide when to give you money!"
On March 17th outside of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's (D-OH15) district office teabaggers mocked and scorned a man who had a sign stating that he had Parkinson's. They told him "he's in the wrong end of town to ask for handouts", called him a communist and threw dollar bills at him to "pay for his health care".
Friday, March 19, 2010
Teabaggers Mock A Man With Parkinson's Disease
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I thought you might enjoy this update:
ReplyDeleteHealth-reform rally heckler says he's sorry
The guy that threw the money basically apologized and said that what he did was "shameful." One can certainly question his sincerity and whether or not he would be willing to reconsider the _values_ that inspired such a vile act. Nonetheless I thought it was refreshing. Particularly after a week of smashed windows, white powder envelopes and death threats at the offices of congressional Dems.