VIDEO: Code Pinko protester has to be forcibly removed from Hillary fundraiser

Where’s the outcry from the usual suspects that “VOICES WERE SILENCED!!!”?

PM Update: NBC’s Lauren Appelbaum has a report on what happened at the fundraiser:

Last night, more than 1,000 people (including members of the former Clinton administration, congressmen, and supporters) donated approximately $2.7 million to attend a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton headlined by her husband, Bill. But the fundraiser was not without its hecklers. Several women dressed in pink held large signs and sang about the sorrows of the Iraq war at the driveway of the Marriott Hotel, where the event was taking place. In fact, before the speeches began and the press was still in a holding room, two women snuck in as press members — at least one had a Capitol Hill press pass — and joined the reporters in the room. They changed their clothing, adding pink shirts and pulling out signs, and began singing about boys and girls dying. They then walked into the lobby and were soon quietly ushered out.

Then, 15 minutes into Hillary Clinton’s speech, another woman posing as a reporter threw on a pink shirt and jumped up on the camera riser, screaming: “What about Iraq?” She then continued to scream: “Why? Why? Why?” The crowd jumped to support Clinton, drowning out the woman’s screams. The woman was quietly ushered off the riser while a supporter in the crowd continued to yell: “Go Hillary!” After the heckler was removed, Clinton addressed the issue of the war and responded with her standard line: “This president owes this country a plan to end our involvement in Iraq. If he does not extricate us from Iraq before he leaves office, I will as president.” The applause continued to get louder after this statement.

The event was Bill Clinton’s second fundraiser for his wife and his third overall campaign event with her. Former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe, who is serving as Clinton’s campaign chair, introduced Bill and Hillary. The couple entered center stage with their arms around one another. Bill Clinton recounted their first date — which occurred 36 years ago this month — and told the crowd that 36 years later, he still thinks “of all the people in our generation she is still the best.” After introducing her, Bill Clinton stepped off the stage, letting his wife take the entire stage.

She told supporters the election “is about getting our country back and putting it back on the right track” and set several goals to do so: universal health care, energy independence, and education (both pre-K and affordable college). This was when the heckler asked about Iraq. […]

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