"CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside
the Tampa Bay Times Forum" on Tuesday, the opening day of a gala at
which former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will accept his party's
nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November's election.
"CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will
have no further comment."
Several witnesses observed the exchange, CNN reported, and convention
security personnel immediately removed the two people from the forum.
The convention confirmed the incident in a statement late Tuesday.
"Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was
inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be
tolerated," organizers said.
The incident is surely not what Republicans wanted 10 weeks out from the
election. Romney has struggled to attract African American voters as
well as Hispanics, and he is also on the wrong side of the gender gap,
with polls consistently showing women voters preferring Obama to Romney.
Current TV journalist and talk radio host David Shuster first tweeted
about the incident Tuesday night.
"GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera
woman + saying 'This is how we feed animals,'" Shuster posted on
Twitter.
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