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By Evan McMorris-Santoro-November 15, 2011
There are ways to deal with protesters gracefully at a campaign event, and then theres kicking a Navy veteran out of your rally because shes wearing a t-shirt you dont like.
Melissa Harmon tells TPM she was given the latter treatment by Mitt Romney staffers at an event in Columbia, SC Tuesday. Harmon, who was discharged honorably from the Navy under Dont Ask, Dont Tell before the policy changed, showed up at the rally to protest Romneys suggestion that VA benefits should be at least partially privatized.
Harmon, like a lot of veterans, is worried about the idea. But she said the Romney campaign thought her form of protest a handwritten T-shirt was too hot to handle and so she was kicked out of the Columbia event. Theres video to back up her story, but its somewhat vague.
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