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Video shows man slapping Turning Point Action volunteer at New Hampshire polling site
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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).
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A video shows an older man slapping a Turning Point Action volunteer at an election event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Election Day, according to the Daily Mail, the New York Post, RedState and Raw Story. Turning Point Action said the 18-year-old volunteer was assaulted after standing his ground, according to the New York Post. The Daily Mail and the New York Post place the incident at Woodland Heights School in Laconia. The New York Post and RedState say the man was cursing and gesturing before the slap. Police in Belknap County are investigating, according to the county Republican Committee.
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A video shows an older man slapping a Turning Point Action volunteer at a New Hampshire election event on Tuesday.
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- Raw Story
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- Daily Mail, New York Post
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- RedState
Turning Point Action said the volunteer was 18 and was assaulted after standing his ground.
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- Daily Mail, New York Post
The incident took place at Woodland Heights School in Laconia, according to the Daily Mail and the New York Post.
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- Daily Mail, New York Post
The New York Post and RedState say the man was cursing and gesturing before the slap.
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- New York Post
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Police in Belknap County are investigating, according to the county Republican Committee.
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All sides report that a video shows an older man slapping a Turning Point Action volunteer at a New Hampshire election event on Tuesday. Right-side outlets focus on the attacker’s age and temper, while the left-side outlet frames it as conservative outrage over the attack.
the left
1 outlet
Raw Story’s headline frames the event as reaction, with “MAGA fans frenzied” over a “right-winger” slapped at an election event and a quoted “Are you kidding me?”
MAGA fans Sensational language“frenzied”The word describes the crowd's emotional state in dramatic terms that the excerpt does not establish.More neutral: angryDisagree with this highlight? after right-winger slapped at election event: 'Are you kidding me?'
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the right
2 outlets · 2 opinion
Right-side headlines lead with the attacker’s age and temper, calling him “enraged” or “unhinged” or “liberal”, and the volunteer a young or teenage Republican; RedState’s opinion piece is the most heated.
Sensational language“Enraged”The word asserts the man's inner state, which the footage is described as showing only through screaming and cursing.More neutral: olderDisagree with this highlight? senior slaps teenage Turning Point Action volunteer at New Hampshire polling location
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crazyolder white manUnhingedBoomer
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crazyMore neutral: heated
The word is a subjective judgement that adds drama to the account of the incident.
In a crazy incident that was captured on video and is now going viral on social media, an older…
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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older white manMore neutral: older man
The man's race has no bearing on the event as described, so naming it adds an identity cue.
…incident that was captured on video and is now going viral on social media, an older white man is seen approaching a young Turning Point USA volunteer who was manning the…
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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UnhingedMore neutral: angry
The word asserts a mental state and judges the man beyond what the video shows.
Watch As Unhinged Boomer Takes Swing at Teen TPUSA Volunteer in Wild Election Day Meltdown
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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BoomerMore neutral: older man
The generational insult labels the man with a contemptuous category instead of describing him.
Watch As Unhinged Boomer Takes Swing at Teen TPUSA Volunteer in Wild Election Day Meltdown
Used byRedState (Far Right)
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MeltdownMore neutral: altercation
The word dramatizes a brief confrontation as a collapse of composure.
Watch As Unhinged Boomer Takes Swing at Teen TPUSA Volunteer in Wild Election Day Meltdown
Used byRedState (Far Right)
Sensational language
EnragedMore neutral: older
The word asserts the man's inner state, which the footage is described as showing only through screaming and cursing.
Enraged senior slaps teenage Turning Point Action volunteer at New Hampshire polling location
Used byNew York Post (Right)
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threw a fitMore neutral: reacted angrily
The idiom is informal and judges the reaction as childish rather than describing what people did.
Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement threw a fit on Tuesday after a conservative volunteer was slapped at an election event in New…
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
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frenziedMore neutral: angry
The word describes the crowd's emotional state in dramatic terms that the excerpt does not establish.
MAGA fans frenzied after right-winger slapped at election event: 'Are you kidding me?'
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irate liberal manMore neutral: older man
It adds an emotional judgement and a party label to the man before the facts are set out.
An irate liberal man was caught on camera Tuesday slapping a young Republican voter across the face…
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shocking incidentMore neutral: incident
The adjective asks the reader to feel shock rather than describing the event.
The shocking incident occurred as Turning Point Action, the political advocacy group founded by the…
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Democrats turn nastyMore neutral: Man slaps Turning Point Action volunteer
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Democrats turn nasty as elderly liberal SLAPS young Republican voter around the face at New…
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elderly liberalMore neutral: older man
It labels the man by party affiliation, which the reported facts do not establish as relevant.
Democrats turn nasty as elderly liberal SLAPS young Republican voter around the face at New Hampshire polling station
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From the left
1 outletLeads with
- online reaction from MAGA supporters
- the volunteer as a right-winger
- the slap at an election event
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- Raw StoryFar Left
MAGA fans Sensational language“frenzied”The word describes the crowd's emotional state in dramatic terms that the excerpt does not establish.More neutral: angryDisagree with this highlight? after right-winger slapped at election event: 'Are you kidding me?'
Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement Loaded verb“threw a fit”The idiom is informal and judges the reaction as childish rather than describing what people did.More neutral: reacted angrilyDisagree with this highlight? on Tuesday after a conservative volunteer was slapped at an election event in New Hampshire. …
From the center
0 outletsNo center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
From the right
2 outlets · 2 opinionLeads with
- the attacker’s age and temper
- the volunteer’s youth and Republican affiliation
- Turning Point Action’s account of the assault
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- Daily MailRight
Loaded modifier“Democrats turn nasty”It attaches a hostile trait to a whole political party on the strength of one incident.More neutral: Man slaps Turning Point Action volunteerDisagree with this highlight? as Loaded modifier“elderly liberal”It labels the man by party affiliation, which the reported facts do not establish as relevant.More neutral: older manDisagree with this highlight? SLAPS young Republican voter around the face at New Hampshire polling station
An Loaded modifier“irate liberal man”It adds an emotional judgement and a party label to the man before the facts are set out.More neutral: older manDisagree with this highlight? was caught on camera Tuesday slapping a young Republican voter across the face outside of a polling place in New Hampshire.
- New York PostRight
Sensational language“Enraged”The word asserts the man's inner state, which the footage is described as showing only through screaming and cursing.More neutral: olderDisagree with this highlight? senior slaps teenage Turning Point Action volunteer at New Hampshire polling location
“An 18-year-old stood his ground at the polls in New Hampshire today and was assaulted for it,” Turning Point Action posted on X, sharing a video of the incident.
Footage: 18-Year-Old Turning Point Volunteer Violently Attacked By Grown Man Outside Polling Place
On Tuesday afternoon, a grown man struck a calm 18-year-old Turning Point volunteer after the teenager challenged his views. The young man stood under a Turning Point Action tent near
Watch As Sensational language“Unhinged”The word asserts a mental state and judges the man beyond what the video shows.More neutral: angryDisagree with this highlight? Loaded modifier“Boomer”The generational insult labels the man with a contemptuous category instead of describing him.More neutral: older manDisagree with this highlight? Takes Swing at Teen TPUSA Volunteer in Wild Election Day Sensational language“Meltdown”The word dramatizes a brief confrontation as a collapse of composure.More neutral: altercationDisagree with this highlight?
Election Day apparently brings out the worst in some people, and that seems to have been the case Tuesday at one New Hampshire polling place.
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