A staffer for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) obstructed a Fox News crew by hitting them with an umbrella on Thursday as they attempted to question the congresswoman about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming to speak to Congress.
The incident occurred when Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram asked Tlaib a question.
The staffer suddenly flipped open the umbrella and tried to block him.
After being hit by the umbrella, Pergra moved around to Tlaib’s other and asked:
“What happens if Netanyahu comes to speak?”
“Is that a mistake by the Speaker to extend this request?”
“What do you think of the Democratic leaders agreeing to that request as well?”
“Would you attend?” he asked. “Would you protest in any form?”
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Tlaib would not answer until the staffer repositioned himself to block the person holding the camera.
“I don’t know, inviting a war criminal to Congress is a sham,” she answered.
“It’s shameful.”
The cameraman later said the staffer hit him with an umbrella, which the staffer denied.
“We have it on video, guys,” Pergram said.
Pergram went up to a police officer saying:
“He hit him with the umbrella. That’s assault.”
“I mean, this is ridiculous,” another member of the Fox News crew said.
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