RALEIGH, N.C. – One democratic congressman has gotten into hot water because of his short temper!
Bob Etheridge apologized Monday after a video posted online showed him swatting at the camera, demeaning that two men taping him identify themselves and grabbing one of them by the wrist and neck.
“I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved,” Etheridge said in a statement. “No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response.”
The video shows two men approaching the North Carolina Congressman with a camera on a Washington street. He swats at the camera and repeatedly asks the men who they are. When they say they are students, he grabs one by the wrist and quickly by the back of the neck before pulling him against his side.
“The truth is I had a long day,” he said, re-apologizing in a news conference Monday afternoon. “I’ve had bad days many times. It’s not a god crutch to lean on and I won’t use that.”
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