Watch: Dem. Rep. Alan Grayson Explodes on Politico Reporter

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) told Politico reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere that he hoped he would get arrested for asking questions and allegedly getting in the Congressman’s face.

Dovere said that he was asking about allegations of domestic abuse from Grayson’s ex-wife, reported by Politico Tuesday. Grayson accused Dovere of pushing him and said he would be “handing [the incident] over to the Capitol police, my friend.” He added, “I’m hoping that somebody comes here and arrests you.” The confrontation took place at a Politico event in Philadelphia.

So Grayson just showed up to POLITICO hub and pushed me out of the way repeatedly, threatened to have me arrested for asking him about abuse

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 26, 2016

Grayson also shoved a whole lot of other people out of the way just now to try to dodge questions about police reports of domestic abuse

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 26, 2016

The exchange was captured on video by Mother Jones‘ Patrick Caldwell.

Alan Grayson showed up at a Politico event in Philly…and then threatened to get a Politico reporter arrested pic.twitter.com/COUQX9GQss

— Patrick Caldwell (@patcaldwell) July 26, 2016

Grayson has announced his intention to challenge Marco Rubio for his Florida Senate seat. During a heated meeting with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Grayson became disruptive and the Nevadan Senator reportedly told him, “I want you to lose.”

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Sam Reisman (@thericeman) is a staff editor at Mediaite.

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