It seems mighty suspicious that hot on the heels of Republican House members getting raked over the coals at town halls back home, this happens at the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee's public Q&A event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Dr. Theresa Borrenpohl was, um, ushered out after she spoke up to defend conservation of public lands. Actually, as you can tell, she was actually assaulted and dragged out.
These men are not police. They're not wearing any kind of ID; nor do they identify themselves even after Dr. Borrenpohl demanded it. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris — out of uniform, by the way — directed them to manhandle and eject her.
Obviously, Republicans have decided that they will have no more raucous, free-speechy behavior from their constituents, and that the First Amendment only applies to Trump, Musk, and their fellow Nazis.But the joke may be on them. While Dr. Borrenpohl hasn't yet made an official comment on the incident, she's issued a statement saying, in essence, "Stand by, mofos." In short, she's planning to sue their asses off, yes? A GoFundMe campaign for her legal fees has raised $168,968. (The goal was $30,000.) We cats are both appalled and encouraged, and we HISS and PURR at the same time.
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