Marshmallow Incident At McCain Town Hall Goes Viral

September 6, 2013
Phoenix, AZ—-

Yesterday, Senator John McCain held a town hall in Phoenix to convince voters that taking military action in Syria was the right thing to do.  However, one incident happened at the town hall has become an unexpected media buzz and viral hit when Phoenix resident Nohl Rosen stood up and held up a bag of marshmallows to let McCain and the rest of the people in the room know how he presently felt about Congress and it’s failure to represent the wishes of the people, and also for refusing to stand up to Obama and his policies.

“All I was doing was pointing out that Congress is supposed to represent we the people and not the other way around. I figured a bag of marshmallows was as good a symbol as any to show just what the members of Congress have become. They need to get tough and stand up to Obama and tell him no more. We also shouldn’t be getting involved in the conflict in Syria, but instead standing behind the only ally we have in the Middle East and that’s Israel. If the United States attacks Syria then Israel is probably going to be one of the first targets struck in retaliation. Israel is tough but right now is completely surrounded by its enemies,” said Rosen.

Rosen who is Jewish says that his thoughts right now are with Israel which has been preparing for a possible conflict with Syria if they should be attacked. However, he says he didn’t expect a bag of marshmallows to be such a hit at the town hall.

“Yes, it was funny and got some laughs and cheers but all I did was try to illustrate the point that Congress needs to stand up for the people as we’re the ones that got its members elected. I’m not sure how many times we the people need to remind them of that fact,” Rosen added.

After the town hall was over, Senator McCain did sign the bag of marshmallows and even used his own pen to do it. Rosen says he doesn’t know what he’ll do with the bag at this point but that he is somewhat tempted to eat its contents. Since the incident he’s received messages online from those who applauded his stand. Rosen owns a small computer repair business in Phoenix.