SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Protesters were escorted by police from a Republican forum on Florida’s Gulf Coast several times during speeches by candidates, including Gov. Rick Scott.
Spectrum Bay News 9 reports that the protesters interrupted speeches several times at the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, Florida.
Video tweeted by the television station shows a protester jumping on a table and raising a fist at one point before he is escorted out.
Republican supporters booed as the protester was escorted out of the arena by law enforcement. When another protester was escorted out, the Republican supporters chanted “USA.” It is unclear what the activists were protesting.
The term-limited Scott is running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate.
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