Video Captures Candidate Assaulting A Reporter; But Aide Claims It Is A Fake

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by Mark Joyella | 9:51 am, May 12th, 2011

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An already strange race for Congress in New York got even weirder Wednesday night with the release of a video that seemed to show a candidate and staffer assaulting a reporter who was questioning the candidate, Jack Davis, about his decision to drop out of a debate. Repeatedly asked by the unseen reporter “Why did you back out of the debate,” Davis answers “do you want punched out?”

What follows is a largely off-screen tussle with the reporter crying out in pain as the camera swings wildly. Wednesday night, the video went viral among politicos–some calling for assault charges against the candidate–but now a Davis spokesperson says it’s a fake. “There’s nothing going on in this video,” Curtis Ellis tells the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal. “This is the ‘Blair Witch Project’ of tracker videos,” he said. “You don’t see nothing here, but they try to make it seem scary.”

The video, released to YouTube by the Erie County Republican Party, came complete with a condemnation of Davis by the county Republican chair, Nick Langworthy, who declined to identify the interviewer or photographer. “I’m just really surprised by Jack Davis’ unhinged behavior,” Langworthy said. “I think this really shows that Jack doesn’t have the temperament to serve in the U.S. Congress.”

The Davis campaign insists you never see Davis engage in any hostile behavior, and believes neither the candidate nor his aide hit anyone:

“These people have no respect for the truth. They lie about their own records. They’ve lied about Jack Davis’s record. And now they’re lying about what this video means,” Ellis said. “They will do anything to stop Jack Davis from getting to Washington.”

Ellis said he doesn’t know who the videographer, either, but added, “He’s a good actor.”

Watch the video here, from YouTube:

Congress, Jack Davis, New York, YouTube

tatboy

Don’t believe your lying eyes.
Dem4Ever

WOW!!! This is a ‘Red Letter’ day!!! Mark Joyella defending Republicans. Mark, you need to calm down or Abrams will fire your little fanny!!!
Barack Must Go

What follows is a largely off-screen tussle with the reporter crying out in pain as the camera swings wildly. Wednesday night, the video went viral among politicos–some calling for assault charges.

Off screen my ass. MEDIAite apparently condones this obvious assault on a conservative reporter by two ( convenietly not mentioned anywhere in this propaganda piece ) democrat douchebags.

The only thing that is unbiased and truthful in MEDIAite’s recounting of this unfortunate assault & battery is the firt line in the headline: ” Video Captures Candidate Assaulting A Reporter”. The rest is pure left wing bomb thrower bullshit.
Barack Must Go

Dem4Ever said:
WOW!!! This is a ‘Red Letter’ day!!! Mark Joyella defending Republicans. Mark, you need to calm down or Abrams will fire your little fanny!!!

Dem4Ever said:
WOW!!! This is a ‘Red Letter’ day!!! Mark Joyella defending Republicans. Mark, you need to calm down or Abrams will fire your little fanny!!!

How do you figure this write up defends Republicans? There is no personal commentary to that effect anywhere in this story.
chatmandu002

I wonder how much Mediaite is being paid to run the “LEAN all the way FORWARD and spread them” MSNBC commercial when you first sign on to Mediaite?
WCinWI

Democratic infiltrator!
WCinWI

Curtis Ellis tells the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal. “This is the ‘Blair Witch Project’ of tracker videos,” he said. “You don’t see nothing here, but they try to make it seem scary.”

Looks like Curts needs to head back to school. Double negative!
JustNosy

The article fails to mention that Jack Davis is a member of the Tea Party. Also reported in the news is that Rove & Co are doing their best to keep him from winning the primary as it would mean a sure loss in the final runoff.

Karl Rove’s group says “you can’t trust Jack”
May 11, 2011 –

WASHINGTON — American Crossroads, the political committee founded by the political guru nicknamed “Bush’s brain,” late Tuesday unveiled the ad that will kick off its $650,000 effort to bolster the candidacy of Republican Jane Corwin in the May 24 special election in New York’s 26th congressional district.

And one thing’s for sure: Jack Davis won’t like it.

The ad from American Crossroads, the group founded by Bush political mastermind Karl Rove, takes dead aim at the Akron industrialist/Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Tea Party candidate…. http://bit.ly/iL0SdI
http://www.mediaite.com Mark Joyella

What makes you think I have a “little” fanny in the first place? It’s nice, but not little.
Barack Must Go

JustNosy said:
The article fails to mention that Jack Davis is a member of the Tea Party. Also reported in the news is that Rove & Co are doing their best to keep him from winning the primary as it would mean a sure loss in the final runoff.

Karl Rove’s group says “you can’t trust Jack”
May 11, 2011 –

WASHINGTON — American Crossroads, the political committee founded by the political guru nicknamed “Bush’s brain,” late Tuesday unveiled the ad that will kick off its $650,000 effort to bolster the candidacy of Republican Jane Corwin in the May 24 special election in New York’s 26th congressional district.

And one thing’s for sure: Jack Davis won’t like it.

The ad from American Crossroads, the group founded by Bush political mastermind Karl Rove, takes dead aim at the Akron industrialist/Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Tea Party candidate…. http://bit.ly/iL0SdI

He’s not a Tea Party candidate. That’s a bogus claim made by this scumbag democrat. Check his record, he’s run four times unsuccessfully before, always as a douchebag democrat.
JustNosy

Barack Must Go said:
He’s not a Tea Party candidate. That’s a bogus claim made by this scumbag democrat. Check his record, he’s run four times unsuccessfully before, always as a douchebag democrat.

Really? Have you talked to him about that? Rove seems pretty concerned that Davis will affect the Rep voting more so than the Dem or he wouldn’t be spending his funds on putting dirt on Davis. Do a little searching and you’ll see that it isn’t just the one article reporting it: “tea party”+”jack davis”+rove. The TP is trying to distance themselves from him but there is a faction that is courting him and it may just cost the Reps the election.

Also, you might find out he didn’t run as a Dem in all those elections, as you have claimed.

As a side note: calling someone a douchebag is so 90′s.
Glackin

In case th truth means anything anymore, the man with the camera was working for the Rep. candidate.
The fight was between the R’s and the TP’ers.
murphy0071

Barack Must Go said: a douchebag democrat.

I don’t know any democrats, the Democrats I know are so unlike these democratic Republicans who truly believe in democracy. Theirs is a true plutocracy. When you take away the tax base, it is no wonder you can’t pay even for Bush’s Crusade with a Viceroy based on false intelligence. You have made your bed with war criminals, may you rest in peace.

Remember, W wanted to go to war in Iraw long before he became President.