Tampa, Florida: Two attendees at the Republican National Convention were removed from the event, after allegedly throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and shouted, “This is how we feed animals!”
CNN confirmed the incident, declining to give details.
“CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment,” the network said.
According to RT, the outburst was reported by TPM Tuesday when former MSNBC and Current TV anchor David Shuster tweeted:
“GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying ‘This is how we feed animals.’”
The convention also condemned the incident in a statement, saying, “Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.”
The convention was originally scheduled to kick off on Monday, but was pushed back due to the threat of Hurricane Isaac.
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