Pro-choice t-shirt-wearers barred from McCain event

[Ichingcarpenter]

A McCain aide, Jeff Sadosky, said hotel security and the Albuquerque police asked the abortion rights activists to leave the event after McCain's campaign had given them passes to enter.

Here's part of a release from the New Mexico arm of NARAL Pro-Choice, the abortion rights group:

Heather Brewer, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico, said today that three pro-choice New Mexicans wearing NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico T-shirts were denied access to Sen. John McCain's town hall meeting at the Hotel Albuquerque on Tuesday even though they had tickets to the event.

Several security officers confronted the pro-choice attendees, but gave no explanation for ejecting them as they waited in line with the other nearly 500 participants. Instead the pro-choice ticketholders were simply told that they were trespassing and the officers threatened them with arrest....
"Our folks had tickets, followed the rules and were waiting in line just like everyone else," Brewer said. "I can only assume that it was their NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico T-shirts that inspired security to single them out from the hundreds of other people there and to threaten them with arrest. If Sen. McCain has a problem with women accessing birth control, he should state that publicly. His voting record makes it clear that he does not support access to birth control, so why is he ducking the issue at his own town hall meeting?"

...After being confronted by security officers, all three pro-choice ticketholders left the building without incident.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Naral_Prochoice_tshirtwearers_barred_from_McCain_event.html

[tekisui]

1. Just like chimpy. No room for free speech or dissent.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. McSame. No doubt about it

[1Hippiechick]

2. Next time, wear the tee under a blouse and, once inside, take off the blouse. TA-DA! And, it

would have been helpful NOT to protest outside before the gathering if they knew they were going to get inside. Different story if they were protesting before they obtained tickets.

Save the drama for the camera DURING the Town Hall meeting! :)

[eShirl]

4. Do you think he knows there are pro-choice Republicans?

Maybe this sort of thing will keep them from voting for him.

[AllentownJake]

5. Townhalls with only people who agree with you

I thought John liked to mix it up?

[eShirl]

6. I guess he decided to copy Bush... again. n/t

[AllentownJake]

7. I guess its only a matter of time

before the loyalty oaths are brought back before events for the GOP again.

[sakabatou]

8. More pro-death from McSame.

[JerseygirlCT]

9. K&R

This information needs to be out every single time.

And he wants to claim he's not just like Bush? For real?

These tactics cannot go unchallenged.


And you, we did hear all over the news, the day that some Obama volunteers uninvited some women wearing hijab into the seats behind Obama. That was everywhere.

Where's the media buzz on this? Or does it not count if ALL women are being discriminated against?