{"id":182445,"date":"2015-09-19T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/09\/19\/maybe-ron-paul-should-hit-marco-rubio-with-a-folding-chair-at-the-next-debate\/"},"modified":"2015-09-19T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T23:50:00","slug":"maybe-ron-paul-should-hit-marco-rubio-with-a-folding-chair-at-the-next-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/09\/19\/maybe-ron-paul-should-hit-marco-rubio-with-a-folding-chair-at-the-next-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe Ron Paul Should Hit Marco Rubio with a Folding Chair at the next Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 360px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASVY-hHwTJM?rel=0\" width=\"350\"><\/iframe><br \/><i>Looks to me like a sucker punch<\/i><\/div>\n<p>Because if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/sep\/18\/rand-paul-marco-rubio-adviser-punching-republicans\">Rubio&#8217;s staff is going WWE Raw on Paul&#8217;s Staff<\/a>, responding in kind might be well advised:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">Video footage appears to show a top official for the campaign of Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/marco-rubio\">Marco Rubio<\/a> punching the national political director of a rival candidate, Rand Paul. <\/p>\n<p>The incident is alleged to have occurred during a conference on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a> island on Thursday night. <\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnpatrickyob\/posts\/10156159284400220\">post<\/a> early on Friday morning, John Yob, a Michigan-based political consultant who serves as national political director for the Paul campaign, said Rubio\u2019s deputy campaign manager, Rich Beeson, punched him in a downtown bar on Mackinac Island. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran into a guy named Rich Beeson, who frankly I didn\u2019t even know who it was at first because he isn\u2019t relevant in our political world,\u201d Yob said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe literally physically assaulted me by punching me in the face. The state police are looking for him. I have it on video from multiple angles. This will play out in the national media in the next few hours.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shannon Banner, spokesperson for Michigan state police, told the Guardian it was not involved in the investigation, which is being handled by the Mackinac Island police department. <\/span> <span style=\"color: blue;\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a brawl,\u201d the Mackinac Island police chief, Brett Riccinto, told the Guardian on Friday. \u201cIf anything, it was a shove. Literally, it was a shove. This thing has been blown way, way, way out of proportion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Riccinto, however, said a complaint had been made for assault, and it had been forwarded to the prosecutor to decide if charges would be filed. He confirmed the alleged incident occurred at Horn\u2019s Gaslight Bar &amp; Restaurant.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It really is the silly season in Republican politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks to me like a sucker punch Because if Rubio&#8217;s staff is going WWE Raw on Paul&#8217;s Staff, responding in kind might be well advised: Video footage appears to show a top official for the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio punching the national political director of a rival candidate, Rand Paul. 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