VIDEO: C-SPAN
CNN first brok this story and it has since been confirmed by RNC officials. Apparently, two attendees got the boot for tossing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman while shouting "This is how we feed animals!" The two were asked to leave by security.
Now is about the time when the GOP Powered Media steps in and demands proof. This is the same response they had to members of the Black Congressional Caucus being spit upon outside of the Capitol during the signing of the Affordable Care Act. Deny, deny, deny and then claim that the people pointing out the racism are actually the racists. The fact is that a couple of GOP rowdies got drunk and spoke out loud what so many others in that audience were only thinking.
Catch the speech by Condoleeza Rice last night? My favorite part was how they kept showing close-ups of one black audience member and then they would pan out to show how he was alone in a sea of white people. I know they wanted to highlight diversity at their convention but all they really did was illustrate one point... Republicans are Racists.
Note added on restoring this page in 2026: the clip originally embedded at the top of this post was taken down from YouTube sometime in the intervening years and is not retrievable. C-SPAN's recording of the convention speech stands in its place. No public footage of the peanut-throwing itself is known to exist; the account above rests on CNN's reporting and the RNC's own confirmation at the time.
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