Allee Bautsch and her boyfriend Joe Brown
The governor’s office said Monday that Allee Bautsch suffered a broken leg and her boyfriend suffered a concussion and fractured nose and jaw in the alleged incident. (KSLA)A Republican activist and her boyfriend were savagely beaten in New Orleans on Friday for wearing Sarah Palin pins.
Free Republic reported:Allee Bautsch, chief campaign fundraiser for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend Joe Brown, were savagely beaten Friday night in New Orleans after leaving a Republican party fundraising dinner by a group of thugs who reportedly targeted the couple because they were wearing Sarah Palin pins.
Bautch’s leg was broken and Brown incurred a broken jaw and nose as well as a concussion.
The Hayride reports that a source who visited Bautsch at the hospital the day after the attack says they were told the couple was attacked for wearing Palin buttons:
Two people at the Brennan’s event have now confirmed that the protest had largely broken up by the time it ended, but we also understand from someone who visited Allee Bautsch in the hospital Saturday morning that she and Brown were followed and attacked expressly because they had Palin pins on (she heard one of the attackers say “Let’s get them, they have Palin pins on” – so the attack WAS politically motivated as its victims understood it. It was not a mugging, it was not an argument gone wrong and it was not a bar fight.
The story of a Republican and her boyfriend being viciously attacked for wearing Palin buttons has yet to make national headlines, unlike say, unfounded rumors of nasty words being said by Tea Party protesters.
Related… Anarchists took to the streets in New Orleans on Friday to protest the SRLC, marching to the Hilton Hotel, where a banner was hanging from the roof which said “We won’t pay for their crisis. Become the crisis!” —- The march then headed to Brennan’s Restaurant, where a $10,000 a plate SRLC dinner was in progress.
Later today the Governor’s office sent out this email. The authorities are still investigating the violent attack–
Friday night, the Governor’s campaign fundraiser, Allee Bautsch, and her boyfriend were involved in an altercation in the French Quarter with a group of people.
While there were protestors around at that time, we are not aware of any evidence that the individuals involved in the altercation were protestors.
Allee’s leg was badly broken in the incident, she has had surgery, and she is facing a recovery time of two to three months. Her boyfriend had a concussion, and also a fractured nose and jaw. They are both expected to fully recover.
NOPD is investigating the incident and we are refraining from further comment to allow them to fully investigate and ensure justice is done. Our prayers are with Allee. She is a strong person and we are sure she will make a speedy recovery.
Thanks,
Kyle Plotkin
Office of Governor Jindal
Press SecretaryAnd, here is another update on the protest that was sent to me today after I published this report:
I am the photographer for the LA GOP and I was at the Brennan fundraiser. When I left about one hour or so after all 3 of the governors left the crowd of protesters had grown. The were very nasty, signs were vulgar using the “F” word. As I left the restaurant I was yelled at – there was a family visiting the restaurant with a baby stroller – they had nothing to do with the fundraiser and they were being heckled using the “F” and “MF” words.. A couple of them made comments to me.
Thanks, EricUPDATE: Here is a photo of the crowd outside of Brennan’s–
photo credit: © Eric MillerAnd, here is video of the protesters by Jeff Blanco at Inside Louisiana News chanting “Fight Back!”:
In their latest update- The Hayride still insists that the attack was politically motivated.
No surprise that the MSM is quiet on this. Those who were attacked are evil Republicans not loving, harmless liberal progressives. This is a perfect example of MSM hypocrisy at its grandest. The accusation of a few mean words spoken by a Tea Party protester gets hours of air time with every liberal in sight wringing their hands in desperation at these fringe radicals. However, those who support all that the left stand for attack and brutally beat two individuals solely based on pins they were wearing and not a peep. What more can be expected from the MSM. I wonder how long it will be before some of the liberal talking heads (Olberman, Maddow, Mathews, et al) will claim that these two either deserved what they got or brought it upon themselves because they were Republicans and supported Palin.
The violence that may very well start a second civil war will not come from the right. It will be the thugs and anarchists from the left that will push everything over the edge. The easiest way to get rid of dissent is to terrorize them to the point where they are too scared for their own safety to speak out.This was the same thing that happened in Germany during the 1930's and the Soviet Union from 1917 on. Hate to remind the liberals, but the Nazi's were socialist leaning (google their name if you don't believe me) not a right-winged organization. Stalin even spoke favorably of Hitler and the Nazi Party for a while. Oh, and lest we forget, many in the FDR Administration were great admirers of Hitler and the Nazis as well.
I hope those who did this barbaric act are caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law. My prayers will be with Ms. Bautsch and Mr. Brown for their full and complete recovery.
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