North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge (D) is battling back against an allegation of a past physical altercation with a high school student in the wake of his videotaped altercation with a college student this week. At the same time, reports have emerged that the viral internet video of the event that has pulled him from obscurity into the headlines may have been connected to the national Republican party.
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