Here's your WTF moment of the day - although I'm sure it's not going to come as a big surprise. How racist do you have to be for the Republicans to throw you out of their convention?
GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying "This is how we feed animals."
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) August 29, 2012@takeactionnews#TAN
In a written statement, CNN addressed the matter but divulged few details: "CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment."
UPDATE: Apparently more than one person was ejected from the convention over the incident.
The convention released a statement saying, "Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated."
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