Via BuzzFeed’s Zeke Miller:

The above happened two days ago, reason I’m posting it now is because the left is getting itself all worked up over someone asking Romney if Obama should be tried for treason and (mega-gasp) Romney didn’t say anything to her . . . just like Obama in Ohio.

Via Soros-funded ThinkProgress:

At a town hall event in Ohio this afternoon, a woman asked Mitt Romney what he would do to roll back the size of government, and commented that President Obama “should be tried for treason.” She didn’t explain why Obama had committed treason — which is punishable by death. Her comments received a big round of applause from the audience.

While Romney can’t be held responsible for everything his supporters say, it seems reasonable to expect him to stand up to the fringe in his party, especially when he’s providing a platform for their views (it was his microphone, after all).

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) understood this. At a town hall event in October, 2008, McCain fielded a comment from a woman who said Obama “is an Arab.” “No ma’am,”McCain said, shaking his head and taking the microphone from her hand. “He’s a decent, family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with,” he said, earning a mix of applause and boos.

Update: WaPo running with it.