Blogging our way to Democratic wins in Virginia Beach.
Photo credit: Lyle Sanders
On Thursday last week, 10 MoveOn.org people, many of which were veterans, showed up as they have done in the past, to deliver a petition to Rep. Thelma Drake at her local Virginia Beach district office. The staff knew they were coming, and locked the doors, called the police, had them kicked out -- one veteran, who sat quietly, saying he would wait for the office to re-open, got arrested.
Here is an eyewitness account of what transpired, which corrects the one-sided "reporting" given the incident by our local Virginian-Pilot.
What is this? You can't even go to the local congressional office and deliver a petition?
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