Earlier today an armed man took several Clinton staffers hostage in an office of the New York Senator in New Hampshire. Two hostages have been released, as of yet, the media don’t know whether there are any more hostages.
The hostage-taker is “an older male who was well-known locally and has a history of mental illness.” This morning he told his son to “watch the news.”
According to a witness the man has “a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape.”
The office is in Rochestor. Luckily, Hillary Clinton isn’t in New Hampshire today, she’s in Virginia.
UPDATE: logically, Clinton has canceled the speech she was supposed to deliver before the Democratic National Committee. Howard Dean explained: “Unfortunately as some of you know, there is a hostage situation in New Hampshire involving a Clinton campaign staff person. The details are sketchy at this time, but understandably Senator Clinton is now dealing with this very difficult problem and she is not going to be able to join us today. And we will keep them in our prayers and hope for a resolution to this situation in New Hampshire.”
Indeed.
Clinton would be wise to go to New Hampshire to comfort her staff.
Think he was an Obomba supporter?
Ouch. Is it Punday already?