Once again a Republican's mouth has gotten him into trouble

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Grimm Apologizes to Reporter for Threat
By Dan Friedman, January 29, 2014

Rep. Michael Grimm  has apologized for threatening throw a reporter off "a f......g balcony" Tuesday night.

Grimm threatened to assault NY1 reporter Michael Scotto for asking about a federal probe into Grimm's 2010 fundraising.

Grimm told reporters outside his office that his "Italian grandmother" would not have approved of his actions. And she would be right, he said.

“I was wrong," Grimm said in a statement Wednesday. "I shouldn’t have allowed my emotions to get the better of me and lose my cool. I have apologized to Michael Scotto, which he graciously accepted, and will be scheduling a lunch soon. In the weeks and months ahead I’ll be working hard for my constituents on issues like flood insurance that is so desperately needed in my district post Sandy.”

Scotto tweeted: @repmichaelgrimm called to apologize. He said he 'overreacted.' I accepted his apology."

"Rep. Grimm has apologized, and the Speaker believes that was appropriate," said Micheal Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Grimm apparently changed his mind after sleeping on the incident, a video of which went viral last night after President Obama's State of the Union speech.

In a statement late Tuesday night, Grimm had blamed Scotto for the spat.

"I was extremely annoyed because I was doing NY1 a favor by rushing to do their interview first in lieu of several other requests," Grimm said then. "The reporter knew that I was in a hurry and was only there to comment on the State of the Union, but insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot at the end of the interview, because I did not have time to speak off-topic."

Earlier Wedneday, Grimm's Democratic opponent, New York City Councilor Domenic Recchia, had demanded Grimm apologize, not just to Scotto but to voters in Grimm's district, which includes Staten Island a slice of Brooklyn.

"Michael Grimm’s behavior last night was disgraceful, completely unacceptable, and unbefitting of a United States Congressman," Recchia said. "Using threats of physical violence to intimidate the press from doing their jobs is against everything our country-- and our government--stands for, and is a shameful abuse of power."
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