Politics & Government

Paul Ryan's Greenfield Visit Met by Protesters

The U.S. Congressman was at Klemmer's Banquent Hall as a guest of the Whitnall Park Rotary Club.

Pro- and anti-Paul Ryan demonstrators gathered outside Klemmer's Banquet Hall on Tuesday afternoon as the U.S. Congressman from Janesville spoke as a guest of the Whitnall Park Rotary Club.

Inside, many protesters disrupted Ryan's talk. As many as a dozen were escorted out of the building by the . Another dozen anti-Ryan demonstrators left the speech willingly.

Ryan  when he spoke at  in late April.

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