See #82
Excuse me, but you are citing a statue. You are not recognizing that there are defenses to statutes, also there is common sense discretion by prosecutors.
Obviously by relying on a statue that refers to ANY touching you are introducing an element of absurdity into a political campaign.
The reporters get bumped, jostled, grabbed, shoved, pushed a dozen times a day.
There is an expectation that if you are following a presidential candidate surrounded by secret service in a situation where questions are not allowed, someone may pull you away.
Obviously we can’t have a judicial system that prosecutes every time a person is touched, and certainly not reporters chasing after candidates.
This is exactly why criminal laws can be abused to turn every day occurrences into “crimes”.