Breitbart News video producer Matthew Perdie was shoved and threatened while covering a “No Kings” protest in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, after he attempted to speak to an elderly protester about the event. A man then stepped between the two, put his hands on Perdie, and threatened to kill him.
Perdie approached the woman, whose sign read, “Hands Off!” in large letters. Beneath that, the sign listed a series of issues and programs, including “Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Immigrants, Free Speech, Our Bodies, LGBTQ+ Rights.”
As Perdie was asking the woman, “What was that about?” a man blowing a whistle continuously pulled the woman backward and away from Perdie before walking directly toward the Breitbart reporter.
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Perdie then said, “You just checked me.”
The woman responded by screaming, “Go away asshole.”
A second man wearing a yellow safety vest then approached. Perdie told him, “Hey she just checked me,” before adding,
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