Revealed: Identity Of Anti-Reform Protester Who Harrassed Disabled Man (VIDEO)

An anti-health reform protester yells at Bob Letcher (right).
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The Columbus Dispatch unmasks the Americans for Prosperity protester who angrily threw dollar bills at a man with Parkinson’s last week:

“I snapped. I absolutely snapped and I can’t explain it any other way,” said Chris Reichert of Victorian Village, in a Dispatch interview.

“I’ve been looking at the web sites,” he said. “People are hunting for me.”

Reichert called his behavior toward the disabled man, Bob Letcher, “shameful.” He also told the Dispatch that this was his first ever political rally.

Here, again, is the scene from the protest outside the Columbus office of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH):

Our interview with Letcher is here.

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