This is the kind of misinformation that frustrates the hell out of me. Blogs like this are a scourge upon all the decent and good ones out there.

The blog, Gateway Pundit, made the following claim: To be honest, I can only base the date of said blog post from the date of its responses. There is no date there. It is confirmed however that Senator Gothman was indeed on "The Last Word" on March 1. This makes the timing consistent with the claims the GatewayPundit is making. Let me repeat one thing it stated: So, I decided to watch the video. Yes, it was loud; yes it was angry - that's the nature of protests; people are expressing anger. It was, however, non-violent. There were no visible "union thugs" (I may have missed that...). Senator Grothmann was NOT held (to imply, 'detained'). He did make a call. Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison came out. What is important and what is not mentioned, is what Rep. Hulsey said. (Go to the 6-6:30 mark.)

I guarantee FAUX News will use this as alleged proof of mob mentality. The biggest problem? There is NO report on this. This was someone reporting something they found on the YouTube. To make a point: I am not disputing the video -- only the editorializing of it. PLUS, the credit that the Gateway Pundit is giving to Josiah Cantrall is total BS. He has been in NYC since Monday. Since the original blog post linked to his FB page, I went to take a look. There is NO mention of this incident on his page.
From his page, and twitter:

let's go back....
Here is the YouTube description:

So. there is no way this claim is true:
Little Joshy wasn't there, the Senator was not held. Mobbed is a heavy-handed term, especially if you watch the video. BUT WAIT!!! There's more!

I am trying to find the original source of the video, and to be honest, so far I can't confirm it. It seems to be from this fellow on YouTube which leads to 2 places. A photography business (very good stuff) and this: http://www.dane101.com/. Lot of good information there. In particular, this article. Perhaps this would not have been an issue had the building not been locked? I don't know. What I do know is that the Gateway Pundit and the right wing are creating a false meme here based on heresay and very little fact. I don't think the YouTube poster had intended for this to be manipulated and attributed to the Young Republican Midwest Regional Director who is in NYC attending S.E.Cupp meeting for and GOP fundraisers. There is no proof.

No Senator was held. There were no Union thugs. Josiah Cantrall CERTAINLY reported NOTHING, he is enjoying a trip to NYC, and as of the writing of this blog, standing outside the NY Stock exchange. Pretty good for a kid who's a 'descendant of Titanic survivor' and is a Homeschool graduate.

Don't just follow the money-- follow the meme. Before you know it, the Gateway Pundit or some other site will be saying that Madison has the New Black panthers attacking the Capitol.

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Raine