This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign
newrepublic.com
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.

Summary

A GOP town hall in Idaho turned violent when private security, LEAR Asset Management, forcibly removed Teresa Borrenpohl for speaking out.

The incident escalated after Borrenpohl questioned a panelist’s anti-abortion stance, leading to her being dragged out by unmarked security. Sheriff Norris, present but in plainclothes, did not intervene initially.

LEAR, known for aggressive tactics, was revealed to have been hired by the town hall organizers. Police later revoked LEAR’s city license and clarified that removing someone for speaking out is unlawful.

The incident shows rising tensions and the blurring lines between political events and private security enforcement in conservative areas.

  • @BassTurd
    11•16 hours ago

    I’m this particular circumstance, they weren’t lawfully allowed to touch her let alone remove her to my understanding. If I misinterpreted, then yea don’t hit cops, they will shoot hit back and then take you to jail. Obviously if it’s an office in plain clothes, they are still cops, but if not, swing away like your life depends on it, because it just may.

    Mostly just an emotional response to a shitty situation, but one of these days, regardless of who it is and their authority, swinging might be the last option.

    • queermunist she/her
      10•15 hours ago

      The problem with plain clothes is it’s kinda hard to tell if they’re a cop or just security,. especially in the heat of the moment.

      • @BassTurd
        9•15 hours ago

        Yea I get it. I’m unfortunately reaching the point where to me it doesn’t matter because something/someone needs to be the Luigi for this movement. Punching a plain clothes cop in the mouth isn’t shooting a CEO, but on the news, it could be an inspiration for a movement.

        10+ years ago, the rhetoric that the GOP uses in normal conversation today would have been a career ender. Trump being the piece of shit he is, said it all out loud and that made it acceptable for other cunts to do the same. Racism, Bigotry, Antisemitism, they’re all acceptable now because someone broke through that barrier. Maybe defending one’s freedom with violence against the cross burners could have the same normalizing effect.