There were no cameras allowed unless you had a “press pass”. There were roving camera enforcers that were looking for video cameras and promptly ousting them from the auditorium. The event began without a pledge of allegiance to Old Glory. So the people decided to pledge allegiance anyway.
The moderator stated that the Pledge took too long to recite so the audience was instructed that for the lack of time it would not be said: the Pledge took 12 seconds to recite. The moderator's explanation of her rules took 1:15 seconds.
The video taper was told that his Constitutional right to record the debate in a public forum at taxpayer's expense does not “apply tonight”. He was subsequently removed from the debate and barred from entering again.
Constituents Ask Why the Pledge Was Not Recited on a Taxpayer Funded Event
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