Republican Congressman's Staffers Physically Assault Democratic Trackers

By Ryan Powers, Think Progress
Posted on October 27, 2008, Printed on December 26, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.thinkprogress.org//104874/

Last Friday, two staffers for Judy Feder, the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 10th congressional district, were assaulted by two individuals accompanying Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA). Feder’s staffers were trying to ask Wolf about his support for Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) proposed $5,000 health care tax credit. Wolf stood idly by as the assault took place. Lowell Feld at Raising Kaine described the encounter:

The first Feder staffer was hit with a cane and then punched. The second staffer (as you will see on the video) was pinned to a wall and forcibly held there. All of this took place in the presence of Congressman Wolf, who stood by and did nothing to intervene.

Ryan Powers is a former intern of the Center for American Progress and a senior at the College of William and Mary.

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