[Houghton M.]

Wait a minute. The kid accosted the congressman on the street with a camera running. If he wants cooperation from his interviewee, he can give his name.

The congressman was a chump.

So’s the kid.

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The kid accosted the congressman on the street with a camera running. If he wants cooperation from his interviewee, he can give his name.

What the hell is the matter with you? The congressman has no right not to be asked a question. He has no right to grab anybody by the arm and detain him for asking a question. He has no right to yank another human being around by the neck for asking him a question.

And he has ABSOLUTELY no right to know the name of the citizen asking him a question.

This is not feudal England. He is not a Lord.

This is the United States of America. The congressman has no more right to assault another citizen for asking a question than you do.

He has a right to not answer the question and the right to walk away. That's it. Stop being a serf.

[Hulka]

The congress-thing could have just kept on walking. Kid did nothing wrong. Nothing.
And the congress-animal is darned lucky the kid didn't strike back—HARD—after being assaulted.

[Osage Orange]

There’s more than one chump here...........: )

[Leisler]

“Accosted”. Pshaw. He’s an elected public official, on a public street with no, zero expectation of privacy.

[Minn]

Wait a minute. The kid accosted the congressman on the street with a camera running. If he wants cooperation from his interviewee, he can give his name.

Do you suppose the kid would have been happy to identify himself if not for the menacing tone and gesturing of the congressman? The kid asked his question in a very respectful manner and only became evasive after the congressman started his little Steven Segal routine. You can't see that?