Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Maybe He's Representing Staten Island a Little Too Much
Congressman Michael Grimm, who represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn in Congress and looks like Chael Sonnen, administered a little Staten Island justice to a reporter after the State of the Union.
Grimm only wanted to answer questions about the State of the Union and the reporter, Michael Scotto was trying to ask about some campaign financing issue.
I don't have a problem with Scotto asking, I don't have a problem with Grimm not answering, and if he stated before the interview that he wasn't willing to talk about it, then I don't even have a problem with Grimm confronting him.
But even though I like his Staten Island fire, I wish he would have told Scotto "I told you not to ask me about anything other than the State of the Union and you tried to sandbag me, that wasn't right. Don't ever do that to me again."
That would have been an appropriate and acceptable response.
Threatening physical violence never is, especially when you're wearing a microphone and making the threats in front of a TV camera.
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I strongly dislike Grimm and this does nothing to change my mind. He definitely had a right to confront the reporter, but it's completely beyond the pale for a Congressmen to threaten to break someone in half and throw them off of a balcony. But as you point out, he represents Staten Island pretty accurately.
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