In an interview this afternoon, Louisiana GOP Chair Roger Villere, Jr. told Lincoln Parish News Online he and several others were pursued by protesters last Friday night after a political fundraiser, but managed to get into a cab and avoid the mob. “We started to leave out the front door after the event, but the protesters had us blocked – there were six of us in our group – so we went out through the kitchen,” Villere said. Once they got outside, the protesters spotted them and began to pursue them, but they managed to get into a cab and avoid confrontation.
Later in the evening Allee Bautsch and Joe Brown were brutally beaten on the sidewalk outside the Louisiana State Supreme Court building, mere steps away from where protests had taken place.
Villere hosted the fund-raising event last Friday night in a French Quarter restaurant that was attended by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Villere opined that what started out as a peaceful protest was infiltrated by “professional agitators” who were in New Orleans to protest the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) that was held last weekend.
In other developments, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) released the preliminary report of the crime. Also today, Fox News interviewed Della Burning, mother of victim Allee Bautsch. More updates are also available on The Hayride.
04/16/2010 at 3:29 pm |
More likely Villadoope was being pursued by PO’ed state employees including university farm workers who had to surrender their 20-year-old hay hauling pick-up to the Governor’s campaign to reduce state vehicles. And now they are in the process of trying to teach a real live mule to pull a home built wagon while hitched in a homemade harness.
04/16/2010 at 3:32 pm |
We stand by our interview. Villere and his party were pursued by a mob.
04/16/2010 at 4:18 pm |
[...] 4:17 p.m.: Hayride contributor Walter Abbott has an update up at his Lincoln Parish News Online blog which is worth passing along: In an interview this afternoon, Louisiana GOP Chair Roger Villere, Jr. told Lincoln Parish News [...]
04/16/2010 at 5:28 pm |
[...] Louisiana GOP Chair Villere: “Protesters came after us, but we managed to get away in a cab.” – From Lincoln Parish News Online (LA Source) – Sez: GOP pursued by mob in New Orleans… [...]
04/16/2010 at 9:28 pm |
[...] Lincoln Parish News Online: In an interview this afternoon, Louisiana GOP Chair Roger Villere, Jr. told Lincoln Parish News Online he and several others were pursued by protesters last Friday night after a political fundraiser, but managed to get into a cab and avoid the mob. “We started to leave out the front door after the event, but the protesters had us blocked – there were six of us in our group – so we went out through the kitchen,” Villere said. Once they got outside, the protesters spotted them and began to pursue them, but they managed to get into a cab and avoid confrontation. [...]
04/17/2010 at 3:14 am |
[...] Louisiana GOP chairman Roger Villere told Hayride contributor Walter Abbott that he was chased by protestors outside of Brennan’s into a cab. Villere said that he couldn’t leave the [...]
04/17/2010 at 8:42 am |
jeez … even your godesss Michelle Malkin says the Bautsch fight was NOT political and you far righties should save your indignities for future run-ins.
this is what happens when would-be journalists try to spin the truth.
so: nothin’ to see here … just move on.
04/17/2010 at 10:47 am |
[...] The organizer of the event himself was targeted and pursued, but managed to elude the beating that befell Bautsch and her boyfriend. In an interview this afternoon, Louisiana GOP Chair Roger Villere, Jr. told Lincoln Parish News Online he and several others were pursued by protesters last Friday night after a political fundraiser, but managed to get into a cab and avoid the mob. “We started to leave out the front door after the event, but the protesters had us blocked – there were six of us in our group – so we went out through the kitchen,” Villere said. Once they got outside, the protesters spotted them and began to pursue them, but they managed to get into a cab and avoid confrontation. [...]
04/17/2010 at 5:41 pm |
[...] Louisiana GOP chairman Roger Villere told Hayride contributor Walter Abbott that he was chased by protestors outside of Brennan’s into a cab. Villere said that he couldn’t leave the [...]
04/17/2010 at 9:12 pm |
[...] Louisiana GOP Chair Villere: “Protesters came after us, but we … [...]
04/18/2010 at 11:27 am |
[...] Lincoln Parish News Online What isn't in the newspapers is often more newsworthy than what is. « Louisiana GOP Chair Villere: “Protesters came after us, but we managed to get away in a c… [...]
04/18/2010 at 12:52 pm |
[...] had the stones to describe what happened that night is Louisiana GOP Chair Roger Villere, Jr. He granted an interview to Lincoln Parish News Online two days ago and told us his recollection of [...]
04/19/2010 at 5:33 pm |
[...] another example of left wing intimidation « Tea party leaders anxious about extremists | [...]
04/21/2010 at 4:43 am |
[...] after the New Orleans Police were called in a semi-successful effort to break up the protest, Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere found himself blocked from exiting the restaurant’s front door. When Villere then tried to exit through the rear, he was chased by protesters. He made [...]
04/21/2010 at 7:46 pm |
[...] after the New Orleans Police were called in a semi-successful effort to break up the protest, Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere found himself blocked from exiting the restaurant’s front door. When Villere then tried to exit through the rear, he was chased by protesters. He made [...]
04/22/2010 at 5:49 pm |
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07/22/2011 at 12:26 pm |
[...] a fundraiser. At the second location the demonstration turned violent – so much so that Louisiana GOP chairman Roger Villere was chased into a taxi and Jindal’s head fundraiser Allee Bautsch and her boyfriend Joe Brown were jumped less [...]