Politician threatens to throw reporter off of a balcony
"I verbally took the reporter to task and told him off, because I expect a certain level of professionalism and respect..."
—Rep. Michael Grimm, on why he told a reporter trying to ask, in a post-SOTU interview, about alleged campaign finance irregularities: "You ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f***ing balcony...I'll break you in half. Like a boy."
Class act for a former FBI agent and Marine, and current Republican.
And here's the most beautiful part of it: it was caught on video.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/29/268150418/video-congressman-threatens-to-throw-reporter-off-balcony
—Rep. Michael Grimm, on why he told a reporter trying to ask, in a post-SOTU interview, about alleged campaign finance irregularities: "You ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f***ing balcony...I'll break you in half. Like a boy."
Class act for a former FBI agent and Marine, and current Republican.
And here's the most beautiful part of it: it was caught on video.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/29/268150418/video-congressman-threatens-to-throw-reporter-off-balcony