Then, we find out the staffer wasn't ''knocked'' at all. She simply FAINTED while taking questions. *S*
From Talking Points Memo: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/chaffetz-breaks-utah-gop-call-delay-town-halls-violence
The Utah GOP’s letter also used sensationalist language, attributing
its decision to urge lawmakers to hold tele-town halls to “angry leftist
mobs” who have “displayed hostile, violent, and deliberately disruptive
behavior.”
It also misrepresented a Tuesday incident at the Huntington Beach,
California district office of a Republican lawmaker, claiming the local
branch of progressive group Indivisible “knocked a 71-year-old staffer
for Congressman Dana Rohrabacher unconscious.”
As TPM previously reported,
in stark contrast to Rohrabacher's incendiary statement describing a
"mob" that attacked his staffer, Huntington Beach police characterized
the incident as an accident. The staffer fell to the ground after
accidentally hitting the 2-year-old daughter of a protester with the
office door. While the staffer told police she hit her head, she did not
become unconscious as a result of the fall, and instead fainted later
during an interview with police. She was eventually taken to the
hospital by a friend.
