DENVER — One Kansas delegate to the Democratic National Convention learned the hard way that politics can be a rough business.
Elizabeth Bustamante of Garden City got roughed up by four women who objected to her efforts to get back into a caucus meeting at the Colorado Convention Center.
Bustamante was inside when she popped a zipper and had to go out to repair the damage.
When she tried to get back in, four women waiting for seats boxed her in, jostled her and one elbowed her in the ribs, causing her to hyperventilate.
“The paramedics had to come in and take me outside,” she said. It was “the worst moment of the whole convention” for Bustamante.
“I couldn’t believe people could be that mean and cruel over just a space,” she said.