"I hope he's taking his blood pressure medication!" (LULZ all around)

[mzflux.livejournal.com]

As Congressman Paul Ryan cracked a joke about him, Tom Nielsen found himself face down on the floor being handcuffed by police. The 71-year-old retired plumber from Kenosha was thrown to the ground, placed in handcuffs, and arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after objecting to Ryan's plans to gut Social Security and Medicare during his congressman's only public appearance scheduled during the August recess -- a $15 Rotary Club luncheon in West Allis on Tuesday.

Nielsen repeatedly told police that he wasn't fighting them and that he didn't want to make any trouble. He also told them several times that he had a broken shoulder. Police officers ignored his comments as they wrestled him to the ground despite his howls of pain.

Nielsen's comment to Ryan at the luncheon, his arrest, and Ryan's joke are all captured on video available here.

Comments

[bonesnapdeez.livejournal.com]

Fuck all those giggling honkies.

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the ever-present Compassion of the Conservatives.

[seamouse.livejournal.com]

A voice of dissent (albeit enthusiastic) with no threat whatsoever of physical violence he was shouting from 20 feet away, and the police handcuff him and drag him out? How is this democracy? That's really disappointing.

[beyondfake-0.livejournal.com]

RAGE

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

"Under my plan, that man would not be able to afford his blood pressure medication." *applause*

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Where's Jeff to redefine the meaning and significance of the word "ground"?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

He's busy with an "Obama's uphill battle" post for talk_politics.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

I don't think this is LULz all around. Now if he had had a heart attack, I'm sure Ryan would have come up with a real zinger. Or tazed him. Now that would be funny.