While in prep school, Mitt Romney orchestrated an attack on an openly gay classmate. Romney and his cohorts pinned a student named John Lauber to the ground and cut his hair off. Lauber had apparently returned from spring break with long, blond hair over one eye.

Romney, during the act, said things like “he can’t look like that!” and “that’s wrong!”

Lauber according to eye-witness reports, only cried and screamed.

And that’s not all. Romney also harassed a closeted student named Gary Hummel by yelling out “atta girl!” every time Hummel answered a question in class.

John Lauber has since passed away, and it doesn’t seem like Romney ever apologized or even regretted harassing him. I mean, unless you count what he told Fox News about the incident:

“I don’t remember that.”

His classmates, however, seem to remember. Fiver other students gave their account of what happened, and all agreed that the incident still troubles them to this day.

I can only imagine what it would be like for Lauber if he was still alive. I think about how I would feel if one of my bullies ever became a viable candidate for president of the United States. What a scary thought.

There are some who dismiss this as a prank - but let’s be clear, bullying is a serious issue, and it is a tactic employed by weak-minded and insecure to feel bigger than someone else and better about themselves.

How would you feel if someone who had tormented you was running for such an esteemed and respected office? How would you feel if it had been your child that was pinned down and attacked?

…And Romney wants to pretend like this issue is irrelevant?

In a time when LGBT youth are killing themselves because of bullying, how exactly is this irrelevant?

Romney is a grown up now and is expressing his hatred for people who are different in other ways - check his stance on same-sex marriage, for example.

So now we know the truth - Mitt Romney is a bully. So now my question for you is… what are you going to do about it? Are you just going to sit there looking at your lunch tray hoping that he just goes away, or are you going to get up and vote in November? 

I don’t know about you, but I won’t be voting for a bully. I hope you’ll share this if you feel the same.