The college student approached the congressman. It’s not a question of choosing not to give his name who someone who first approached him. If you are going to accost a public person on the street and ask him for an answer to a question with a camera running, you can jolly well give your name.
The congressman should not have touched him.
The kid was either incompetent and flustered or an arrogant fool. He could have said, “I’m Joe College Student from Podunk U. and I’m doing a class project. Would you be so kind as to answer a few questions.”
The camera was running. You are a congressman. Your answers are going to be recorded and made public. Don’t you have the reasonable expectation to know the name of the person who wants to record your public response?
He should not have touched the kid.
But the kid should not have expected an interview if he’s not willing to give his name.
“The kid was either incompetent and flustered or an arrogant fool”
You are partly right. He’s a kid and he was flustered. As he was a kid and not a professional, competence or incompetence does not apply. flustered kid, frightened kid, threatened kid. Assault and battered kid.
Quit playing the fool. The POS Congressbully would only use any information given to him to further intimidate the student. Calling schools, looking up private information, etc. etc. To give a member of Congress any information nowdays is very touchy. They are part of a ruling class that will use it against you.
The student did exactly right...he should file charges and appear in NC to campaign against the bully. He or a bigger fiend should challenge the bully to a public boxing match.
Watch the bully run...POS Congresspuke needs a beating.
The Big Boo