Not if a camera is running and your reply is going to be recorded.
Suppose a total stranger stops you on the street, with a camera running and asks you to answer a question. Would you not ask the name of the person before you let your answer be recorded?
I’m talking simple common sense.
Yes, I’d ask, but if there was no answer given, walk away.
I'll either answer the question, ask who he is, or ignore him and walk away.
If I grab him, detain him and yank him around, I'll likely be arrested. As this congressman should be arrested.
And suppose you are the interviewee, and I say I'm Joe Fishburger. What does that information do for you? Are you suddenly enlightened? The only thing that having the guy's name would do for the congressman, would be to provide a target for retaliation later.
Look chump, the kids never had a chance to be cordial with the Congressman. He was aggressive immediately. You need to watch the video again. Stop digging.
He had absolutely no right to attack that kid. He could have just kept on walking.
The kid was young, white, and dressed in a suit. Do you think he would have pulled this stunt on a gang banger Black Panther with a nightstick in front of a polling booth?