Mitt Romney assaulted on way home from Olympics

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On Monday, former U.S. presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was assaulted aboard an Air Canada flight, after he and his wife Ann, spent the weekend attending the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The plane was still on the ground when a man sitting in front of Ann Romney, flipped his seat back prior to takeoff. Gov. Romney asked the man to return his seat to the upright position, at which time the man apparently became enraged, leaping to his feet and reportedly tried to strike Romney.

Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom told Fox News: “Governor Romney did not retaliate.”

Immediately following the incident, the plane returned to the gate, and the unruly man was taken into custody by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

 

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