TagsTagsHeman Cain's campaign has announced that he requested Secret Service protection yesterday -- protection from journalists. Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said Thursday night that the campaign asked for the protection after The Washington Post posted an article online that morning detailing a series of physical skirmishes involving journalists at Cain ...
Right wing blogs immediately tried to link the alleged White House shooter to Occupy Wall Street, but tonight authorities announced they have found no connection between Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez and the demonstrations. Ortega-Hernandez, whose permanent place of residence is unclear, has a record of arrests on minor counts in Texas, ...
The suspect in the shooting incident at the White House has been arrested at a hotel in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service says a man has been arrested on suspicion of firing a bullet at the White House. "On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 12:35 p.m. EST, based on information generated by Secret ...
Police in Washington DC are searching for a man they suspect of shooting at the White House, after the discovery of a bullet that hit a window: DC Shooting Suspect Could Be Threat to Obama, Police Say. ABC News has learned authorities are increasingly concerned that a man sought in ...
Last Tuesday in a town hall meeting, Georgia GOP Rep. Paul Broun failed to condemn an audience member who asked, "Who will shoot Obama?" According to Blake Aued of OnlineAthens, the question got a "big laugh" from the audience. At Rep. Paul Broun’s town hall meeting on Tuesday, the Athens congressman ...
Georgia, Paul Broun, Right Wing, Tea Party, Hate Speech, Secret Service
A poll posted on Facebook with more than 700 responses (now apparently removed) asked “Should Obama Be Killed?” The Secret Service is investigating. Bad, bad craziness is coming out into the open more and more, encouraged by GOP politicians and right wing radio hosts, pandering to and inflaming the most extreme elements. ...
Right Wing, Assassination, Barack Obama, Bad Craziness, Facebook, Secret Service
According to a new book by Ronald Kessler, President Barack Obama is facing 30 death threats a day. Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald ...