Update: Friday, 5:11 p.m. -- Mara MacDonald of WDIV described the physical confrontation as an "open hand shove."
The Detroit Free Press reported that Mackinac Island Police Chief Brett Riccinto told the paper that has forwarded a complaint of an alleged assault to the Mackinac County Prosecutor's Office.
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From This Morning
Not that the presidential debates were boring the other night. But this certainly makes things even more interesting.
Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press writes that a top official for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio allegedly threw a punch at a Michigan consultant working for Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky at a big political gathering Thursday night on Mackinac Island.
The Freep reports:
The alleged incident took place at Horn's Bar, a popular nightspot on Mackinac Island, which hosts the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, which is held every year and has drawn six GOP presidential hopefuls this year.
John Yob, a Grand Rapids political consultant who is national political director and chief Michigan strategist for the Rand Paul campaign, said on Facebook Friday morning that he was punched in the face inside the bar by Rich Beeson, who is deputy campaign manager for Rubio, a Florida senator.
"I ran into a guy named Rich Beeson, who frankly I didn't even know who it was at first because he isn't relevant in our political world," Yob said. "He literally physically assaulted me by punching me in the face. The state police are looking for him. I have it on video, from multiple angles. This will play out in the national media in the next few hours."
A surveillance video from the bar has surfaced on Youtube (above).
