Apparently Nebraska Senator Johanns is scared of the voters:

One day before we celebrate the birth of our nation, Nebraskans gathered at a scheduled healthcare roundtable to call on Senator Johanns to support an American solution to our healthcare crisis.

Instead of greeting the teachers from NSEA, veterans, and SEIU workers Senator Johanns’ staff called the police, ordering the Nebraskans to leave the Medical Center grounds.

"Johanns’ voters– teachers, members of the armed forces, and SEIU members– set up a table with apple pie and signs welcoming the Senator and urging him to support a uniquely American solution to healthcare reform," explained Jane Kleeb, SEIU State Director. "Instead of coming by and saying hello, the Senator walked right by us as we were surrounded by police, and the Senator said ‘good luck with that.’"

SEIU received advanced permission from the Nebraska Medical Center to greet the Senator as he started his day of roundtables on healthcare reform. Instead of greeting the healthcare reform advocates at the table, the Senator’s staff called the police.

So, what does the Senator have to say about all this? His staff is denying it:

Johann’s staff, however, portrays things rather differently. They contend that the organizers were confronted by hospital security and asked to move their protest off hospital grounds. They also deny complaining–either to the police, or to hospital security–about the protesters’ presence, and say the roundtable proceeded, with Kleeb’s participation, after the controversy was resolved.

Stay tuned….