Tell Rand Paul: Apologize for Head-Stomping of Woman

Alex DiBranco
Alex DiBranco
New York, NY, United StatesCreated October 26, 2010

Tell Rand Paul: Apologize for Head-Stomping of Woman

New York, NY, United States
Created October 26, 2010

The Issue

Before a debate between Kentucky Senate candidates Rand Paul (R) and John Conway (D), Paul's Bourbon County campaign coordinator, Tim Profitt, was caught on video stomping on a woman's head.

The 23-year-old woman, Lauren Valle, is attacked by Paul supporters, who yank her to the ground. While she is lying still in the fetal position, held down by multiple large men, Profitt picks up his foot and stomps on her head. Valle, who was representing a MoveOn.org campaign, was admitted to the hospital after the attack and is recovering from a concussion.

Both MoveOn.org and the Conway campaign have called for Rand Paul to apologize to the assault victim, but all his campaign has offered is platitudes about how violence "on all sides" should be avoided.

 

Violence against women is never acceptable. Tell Rand Paul that the least he can do is apologize to Lauren Valle for the attack by a leader in his campaign.

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Alex DiBrancoPetition StarterAlex is passionate about feminism, queer issues, sex positivism, atheism/secular humanism, full rights for everyone who crosses our borders (voluntarily or not), and critiquing America’s flawed educational system. She has worked for The Nation, Political Research Associates (a think-tank that monitors the right-wing), and the Center for American Progress. Alex is now based in New York City and writes poetry on the sly.
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The Issue

Before a debate between Kentucky Senate candidates Rand Paul (R) and John Conway (D), Paul's Bourbon County campaign coordinator, Tim Profitt, was caught on video stomping on a woman's head.

The 23-year-old woman, Lauren Valle, is attacked by Paul supporters, who yank her to the ground. While she is lying still in the fetal position, held down by multiple large men, Profitt picks up his foot and stomps on her head. Valle, who was representing a MoveOn.org campaign, was admitted to the hospital after the attack and is recovering from a concussion.

Both MoveOn.org and the Conway campaign have called for Rand Paul to apologize to the assault victim, but all his campaign has offered is platitudes about how violence "on all sides" should be avoided.

 

Violence against women is never acceptable. Tell Rand Paul that the least he can do is apologize to Lauren Valle for the attack by a leader in his campaign.

Photo Credit: Fox41

avatar of the starter
Alex DiBrancoPetition StarterAlex is passionate about feminism, queer issues, sex positivism, atheism/secular humanism, full rights for everyone who crosses our borders (voluntarily or not), and critiquing America’s flawed educational system. She has worked for The Nation, Political Research Associates (a think-tank that monitors the right-wing), and the Center for American Progress. Alex is now based in New York City and writes poetry on the sly.

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Rand Paul
U.S. Senate - Kentucky

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Petition created on October 26, 2010