But the African-American organizers had long faced down Jim Crow intimidation tactics. I wanted Handel's story -- and not just as a candidate. She herself was Secretary of State, and up to her chin in these vote-suppression games.
I started out by asking if the Democrats were stealing the election, and she was pleased to say, "They're pulling out all stops!"
But when I got to the subject of her office purging voters, one of her henchmen jumped in front of me, slammed me backwards and while two others grabbed and muscled me away. She refused to answer to a question about the raids on voter registration groups, but the crowd answered for her, chanting "U! S! A! U! S! A!" -- as if a journalist asking a question is the new enemy of America. And that's frightening. Not the clowns who assaulted me. They were more buffoonish than threatening.
I don't want compensation, I don't want to press charges. I want an answer to the question: Who will decide the race in the Sixth -- the voters or Jim Crow?
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