DREAMers Get Kicked Out of Romney-Ryan Sendoff Rally to Chants of “USA! USA!”

Aug 31, 2012
11:46 AM

This morning in Lakeland, at the official sendoff rally for Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney, reporters from people at the scene confirmed that a group of undocumented DREAMers protested Romney and were greeted with chants of "USA! USA!" as they were escorted away.

The first news was reported on Twitter by @ZekeJMiller of Buzzfeed, who was live-tweeting from the rally.

Miller proceeded to tweet the following from the rally, including a nod what would think is his report for Buzzfeed "Undocumented and LGBT Americans Interrupt Romney/Ryan's Farewell Rally:"

A local Tampa reporter tweeted out this pic from the rally:

USA Today also closed its article about the rally with the following:

At one point during the rally a group of protesters interrupted Romney. Supporters began chanting "USA!" to drown them out as police removed them.