A Pittsburgh, PA mugger and apparent Obama supporter became so enraged upon seeing the McCain / Palin bumper sticker on the car of his mugging victim, a McCain campaign worker, that he returned to the victim, punched her in the head, and carved a “B” in her face for Barack.
Police say the 20-year-old woman, who is from Texas, reported that the attack occurred after she withdrew money from an ATM at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street.
She said a man armed with a knife demanded her money. She gave it to him and began walking toward her car, which has McCain stickers.
Although the robber had moved away from her, he became agitated when he saw her car, punched her in the back of the head, pushed her to the ground and carved a B into her face, she reported.
In September, Barack Obama advised a gathering of supporters that they should argue with non-believers and “get in their face.”
I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.
Since then, the McCain campaign has been accused of stoking hate because they dared to call Obama’s socialist policies “socialist policies” and point out that he liked to hang around with unapologetic terrorist Bill Ayers. They’ve also been blamed for hateful things reporters made up as having been shouted.
UPDATE: Hot Air has a photo, and a little more detail. The B is upside-down, as if the attacker did it from above after having knocked Ashley to the ground.
Update II (Ed): The woman who was attacked has identified herself as Ashley Todd, who is a College Republican field representative.
It looks like Ashley did get beaten pretty badly, and she does have a ‘B’ scratched into her cheek. It’s not a rumor. Hopefully, we’ll get more from the local media as the story develops, or from Ashley herself.
Update V: Some people are already saying “hoax”, but I think that’s unlikely. Thanks to the local news report, we know the attack occurred. Not too many young women would scar their faces just to create a political hoax. As for the reversed/upside-down B, all I can tell you is that I got this from a source close to Ashley, who assured me that she wanted to go public (it was also on her Twitter page) and that the photo came directly from her. It could have gotten reversed on the computer, or the attacker may have had her on the ground with her head upside-down in relation to his.
UPDATE II: Victim has spoken to Governor Palin by telephone, campaign is “shaken up.”
According to the police report, the officer confirmed that he “observed the wound on the right side of [her] face.
The unidentified woman reportedly declined immediate medical attention last night but said she would go to the hospital today.
The suspect ran off after the attack; but police are hoping that footage from bank surveillance camera may help lead them to the suspect.
In an official statement the McCain campaign says: “We’re shaken up by this. It’s sick and disgusting.”
Governor Sarah Palin reportedly spoke with the victim by phone.
UPDATE III: Investigation Continues…
UPDATE IV: Hoax.
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