Don Young Gets Grabby With Congressional Aide (Updated)

By Warren Rojas

Posted July 31, 2014 at 6:25pm

Updated 8:12 p.m. | With the August recess in jeopardy and House Republicans in total disarray, the arm-twisting on Capitol Hill is getting pretty intense.

Just ask the unfortunate aide who dared cross the path of a tardy Don Young.

<br /> <script async="" src="//platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js" charset="utf-8"/></p> <p> NBC News producer Frank Thorp V caught the late-for-the-conference-meeting Alaska Republican’s manhandling of an unsuspecting staffer on camera. Per Thorp’s Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/frankthorpNBC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">feed</a> , the aide had attempted to redirect Young to enter the already in-progress GOP strategy session through another doorway when things got physical.  </p> <p> “While returning to the GOP conference meeting to discuss the ongoing situation on our southern border, I was caught off guard by an unidentified individual who was physically blocking me from reentering the room," Young said in a statement. "Regardless, my reaction was wrong and I should have never placed my hands on the young man.”  </p><script id="5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798&cid=69ef7590-f88b-4a7b-b1ad-bbee64894f4f'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798" }).render("5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab"); });</script></p> <p> <strong>Related:</strong><br /> <a href="https://blogs.rollcall.com/hill-blotter/don-young-asbestos/">Don Young Said to Have Barged Through Barriers Blocking Asbestos Spill</a> </p> <p></body>