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Video from the Scene

We’re getting a series of videos from the townhall down in Tampa. Here’s one video from one of the entry ways into the venue as the organizers were trying to shut the doors — apparently because they were over fire code capacity.

And some of the chants from inside, as reported by the St. Petersburg Times

[Rep. Castor] pressed on, mostly unheard among the screams from the audience of more than 200.

“Tell the truth! Tell the truth!”

“Read the bill!”

“Forty-million illegals! Forty million illegals!”

The spectacle at the Children’s Board in Ybor City sounded more like a wrestling cage match than a panel discussion on national policy, and it was just the latest example of a health care meeting disrupted by livid protesters.

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

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