As if finishing in third-place behind Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich wasn’t bad enough for GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum he also had to deal with a glitter bombing incident during the South Carolina primary.
The glitter bombing occurred on Saturday night as protesters crashed the South Carolina primary party last night while chanting:
“Rick, Rick, Rick, bigot, bigot, bigot.”
After Santorum gave his typical right-wing conservative speech where he hailed family values various members from gay-rights groups and Occupy Charleston burst into the room chanting “Except when you’re gay!”
Here’s the video of the glitter bombing:
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According to the Summerville Patch no one was arrested, but police were required to use force in removing approximately 20 protesters from the Citadel where the party took place.
In speaking about the groups motives one protester said it was “the people of South Carolina taking a stand against” bigotry.
This isn’t the first time Rick Santorum has been glitter bombed, the same type of protesting also occurred in Iowa where a man amusing chanted “stop the hate, taste the rainbow” as he tossed glitter at Santorum. Here’s the Iowa video:
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Santorum has also been confronted by various other groups over his anti-gay agenda, including one incident in which he was approached by a transgendered voter, however no glitter was thrown during that confrontation.
What do you think about glitter bombing protests, are they effective in raising awareness or a childish attempt at making Rick Santorum look like a rainbow?
