American
politics have always been rough and tumble. Civility is not a
requirement. Technology has given politicians more scope in their
invasive campaigning techniques. The candidate tracker is such a feature. Today's campaigns assign a tracker
to follow the opponent from event to event with an audio/video
recording device to record their every move. They hope to capture
embarrassing moments, or in some cases, perhaps create such moments.
Paparazzi-like confrontations are a risk of the trade.
Both Massachusetts candidates for the Senate, incumbent Scott Brown (R) and challenger Elizabeth Warren (D), use trackers. On 26 August a tracker from Senator Brown's campaign was tracking Ms. Warren at an event in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. After the event, Ms. Brown and her companions entered their vehicle, a large SUV owned by Martha's Vineyard Taxi, Morgan Reitzas (The Boss). Mr. Reitzas was the vehicle driver.
Mr. Reitzas then confronted the tracker as shown in the linked video.
Both Massachusetts candidates for the Senate, incumbent Scott Brown (R) and challenger Elizabeth Warren (D), use trackers. On 26 August a tracker from Senator Brown's campaign was tracking Ms. Warren at an event in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. After the event, Ms. Brown and her companions entered their vehicle, a large SUV owned by Martha's Vineyard Taxi, Morgan Reitzas (The Boss). Mr. Reitzas was the vehicle driver.
Mr. Reitzas then confronted the tracker as shown in the linked video.
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