While stumping at a Women for Obama rally in Coral Gables, Florida this morning, Sen. Barack Obama was interrupted by a raucous group of protesters holding at least 12 signs with the letters “KKK” and “gay marriage” written on them. It looked as if most, if not all, of the protesters were African-American as they were finally escorted out by security.
CNN quickly froze-frame the shot of the group and their signs could be read:
“Obama endorsed by the KKK.”
“Jesse Jackson hates Obama”
“Blacks Against Obama”
“Obama for Gay Marriage”
All of the signs had “Michael Warns” written at the bottom. The webpage michaelwarns.com appears to be the site carrying the main message of this group. It claims to be “Where you will learn the truth about the current issues of the world politically and religiously.”
The room of Obama supporters, mostly female at this rally, attempted to drown out the voices of the protesters by yelling back, causing a loud uproar that overpowered Obama’s voice temporarily, forcing him to address the dustup.
“Now it’s ok for you to hold up your signs, but just let me finish with what I wanted to say,” Obama finally said.
They did not quiet down and were escorted out without further issue.
“Now let’s get back to work,” Obama said once the crowd and their signs were fully extracted from the event.
