Don Young Gets Grabby With Congressional Aide (Updated) - Roll Call

Don Young Gets Grabby With Congressional Aide (Updated)

Young confronts an aide who tried to stop him from entering the side door of a House Republican meeting. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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> <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>

Recent Stories

President-elect Donald Trump, seen here at the Capitol on Jan. 8 with incoming first lady Melania Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, will be sworn in Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda.

Trump got the last laugh, but the hard part begins after second inaugural address

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Defense secretary, testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building on Tuesday.

Confirmation overload — Congressional Hits and Misses

President Joe Biden, pictured here on the South Lawn of the White House in October, says the Equal Rights Amendment “has become part of our Constitution.”

Biden creates constitutional consternation on Equal Rights Amendment

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, greets Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., right, during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Friday. Noem was introduced by Cramer and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Homeland Security pick details immigration policy plans

Ohio Lt Gov. Jon Husted, here at the Republican convention in Milwaukee in July, is heading to the Senate.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in Senate

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be director of the CIA, testifies Wednesday during his Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing.

Senators use confirmation hearings to press views on spy authority