Politician threatens to throw reporter off of a balcony

[thewayne]

"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

Comments

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

Just waiting for the claim that it was taken out of context.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

Oops, no. He apologised.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I had not yet heard of the apology. Regardless, it should not have been said and is borderline assault by itself through threatening grievous bodily harm.

And I don't see how it could have been taken out of context, it was pretty clear and emphatic what the statement was and what the surrounding context was.

The guy's a maroon.

[silveradept]

And Republicans are the party complaining about the lack of (perceived) civility, right? When not professing positions that are nonsensical, that is.