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Journalist Accosted by Security over Mayor Bloomberg Gun Control Question
breitbart.com ^ | Jan. 28, 2013 | Wynton Hall

Posted on 01/28/2013 1:18:09 PM PST by libstripper

In an explosive exchange outside the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., security guards for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accosted senior Talk Radio Network investigative reporter Jason Mattera when he asked the mayor about his strong support for gun control.

In the video, Bloomberg is seen surrounded by security. Mattera approaches Bloomberg and asks, “In the spirit of gun control, will you disarm your entire security team?”

Bloomberg’s reply: “Uh, you, we’ll get right back to you.”

“Why can you defend yourself but not the majority of Americans?” Mattera asks as the mayor walks away. “Look at the team of security you’ve got. And you’re an advocate for gun control?”

The video then cuts to Mattera walking further down the street when one of the men guarding Bloomberg, identified as Officer Stockton NYPD, stops Mattera and asks to see his photo ID.

Mattera complies before asking, “Is this standard procedure for the press? Wait, wait, wait, it’s standard procedure to be questioning members of the press?

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; bloominidiot; guncontrol; gungrabbing; hypocracy; secondamendment
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To: Vendome

That was why he acted the way he did. His questions were irrelevant, he knew Bloomingidiot would have no reply or some phony digression at best. Mattera wasn’t trying to show any wrongdoing on the part of the security team. They didn’t do anything wrong they did what a security detail should do. What he was demonstrating was that Bloomingidiot lives in a protected elitist bubble while pushing to make ordinary citizens live like sheep ready to be slaughtered.


21 posted on 01/28/2013 5:34:23 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: Vendome

So, how do you like existing as a live on your knees lick spittle?


22 posted on 01/28/2013 7:24:06 PM PST by metalurgist ( Want your country back? It'll take guns and rope. Marxists won't give up peaceably.)
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To: metalurgist

Shea right...


23 posted on 01/28/2013 9:16:09 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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