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A New York congressman was caught fiercely confronting his former campaign manager after allegedly making inappropriate comments about his wife and daughter.
In the tense exchange caught on video between Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) and his former staffer, Williams was seen yelling and waving his finger at a man.
“I haven’t done anything,” the former staffer could be heard saying, before Williams snapped, “You f*ck with my family, I’ll end every relationship you have. Every single friend! Do you understand me?”
The former staffer attempted to respond, “I don’t know what you’re–” before Williams cut him off.
“Do you understand me?! You think I don’t know?!” he screamed.
In an interview with Semafor following the incident, Williams accused the former staffer of saying “incredibly vile things” about his wife and daughter – accusations the former staffer denied.
“I haven’t said anything about his family,” the ex-staffer insisted, claiming that Williams had confronted him and another former employee after hearing unspecified rumors.
In a statement, Williams’ spokesman Taylor Weyeneth claimed the two former staffers “were fired by the Congressman earlier this year,” and that “both individuals, the one being confronted by the Congressman and the one filming, made rude comments about the female members of the Congressman’s family.”
Weyeneth alleged, “These individuals planted stories with the media and one of them physically shoved the Congressman at a holiday event (edited from the video). As a former nuclear submarine officer known for his temperament and poise, tonight should be a lesson to all, never go after this Navy Nuke’s family.”
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