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Idaho town hall meeting turns chaotic after woman is forcibly removed for shouting at speakers

A woman named Teresa Borrenpohl was forcibly removed and hospitalized during a town hall in Idaho after she questioned officials about Medicaid and reproductive rights.
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris and three private security guards dragged Borrenpohl out while onlookers had mixed reactions of booing and cheering.
Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White stated that the removal violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
Borrenpohl expressed on Instagram that she never expected her right to free speech could be stripped in such a violent way.

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Idaho Press

Woman dragged out of chaotic legislative town hall in North Idaho

COEUR d’ALENE — A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from

3 hours ago·Cherokee County, United States

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The Oregonian

Republican town hall turns chaotic as heckling, jeering Democrat dragged out

Video of Teresa Borrenpohl, who was issued a misdemeanor citation for battery after biting one of the men who tried to drag her from her seat, drew widespread attention. She is a Democrat who unsuccessfully ran for a state legislative seat in 2024.

4 hours ago·Portland, United States

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The Daily Boulder

Idaho Republican Town Hall Erupts Into Chaos After Woman Is Dragged Out of Event by Private Security Guards

An Idaho Republican town hall turned chaotic when a woman was dragged out of the event by three private security guards. The incident happened during a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee meeting at Coeur d’Alene High School on Saturday. The woman, Teresa Borrenpohl from Post Falls, was escorted out after she and other activists interrupted state GOP lawmakers speaking about state bills. Borrenpohl, who had run as a Democrat for the Ida…

6 hours ago

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Associated Press News

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Idaho town hall meeting turns chaotic after woman is forcibly removed for shouting at speakers

A Republican-hosted legislative town hall meeting in northern Idaho became turbulent after three plainclothes security workers forcibly removed a woman who was heckling the speakers. The incident at Coeur d’Alene

6 hours ago·United States

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East Idaho News

Woman dragged out of Kootenai County Republican town hall event in Coeur d’Alene: ‘Please don’t touch me’

Private security dragged out a woman who had been interrupting a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee legislative town hall Saturday as Sheriff Robert Norris stood by, video shows, spurring a disagreement between the sheriff and Coeur d’Alene’s police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.

7 hours ago·Idaho, United States

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NBC News

'Dissent was not being tolerated': Woman dragged from Idaho town hall meeting

An Idaho woman was issued a citation after she was forcibly removed from an Idaho Republican legislative town hall after interrupting the speaker. KTVB's Abby Wilt reports.

8 hours ago·United States

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