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MICHAEL RUIZ: Video shows polling place attack on Turning Point member, poet arrested

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Viral video captures a 70-year-old poet slapping a Turning Point member outside a Laconia, New Hampshire, elementary school polling site. An unhinged elderly man was caught on video shouting at a young Turning Point Action volunteer before appearing to backhand him at a polling place in Laconia, New Hampshire, during Tuesday's midterm elections. Covered by 5 outlets: 1 lean left, 4 lean right.

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  1. Twitchy Right Factuality: Mixed US
    Poetic Justice: 'Poet' Who Slapped Turning Point Action Member Arrested
    Mixed reliabilityElevated risk
  2. Fox News Right Factuality: Mostly factual US
    MICHAEL RUIZ: Video shows polling place attack on Turning Point member, poet arrested

    Viral video captures a 70-year-old poet slapping a Turning Point member outside a Laconia, New Hampshire, elementary school polling site.

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  3. Breitbart News Right Factuality: Mixed US
    Watch: Crazed Leftist Reportedly Assaults Turning Point Action Volunteer at Polls

    An unhinged elderly man was caught on video shouting at a young Turning Point Action volunteer before appearing to backhand him at a polling place in Laconia, New Hampshire, during Tuesday's midterm elections.

    Mixed reliabilityElevated risk
  4. Twitchy Right Factuality: Mixed US
    Elderly Nutjob Backhands Turning Point Action Volunteer in New Hampshire
    Mixed reliabilityElevated risk
  5. Raw Story Left Factuality: Mixed US
    MAGA fans frenzied after right-winger slapped at election event: 'Are you kidding me?'

    Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement threw a fit on Tuesday after a conservative volunteer was slapped at an election event in New Hampshire. Turning Point Action, the advocacy arm of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA, a conservative youth...

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  6. New York Post Right Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Enraged senior slaps teenage Turning Point Action volunteer at New Hampshire polling location

    “An 18-year-old stood his ground at the polls in New Hampshire today and was assaulted for it,” Turning Point Action posted on X, sharing a video of the incident.

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