Dem Rep Grabs Fellow Democrat at Debate – Challenges Him to Fistfight (Video)

True Democrat Brad Sherman grabbed his opponent last night during a debate and challenged him,
“Do you want to get into this?”
Via Memeorandum:

Democrats loved it.

The LA Weekly reported:

Congressman Brad Sherman put his arm around rival Congressman Howard Berman and challenged him to a fight, saying “Do you want to get into this?”

A sheriff’s deputy had to separate the two. The video is after the jump.

The pair squared off at a forum at Pierce College this afternoon. According to the Berman campaign, the confrontation arose when the two were discussing the Dream Act.

Sherman disputed that Berman had authored the legislation, at which point Berman called Sherman “delusional.”

Sherman rose to his feet — as the crowd cheered — and loudly confronted Berman. At that point, Berman took a step toward Sherman. Sherman warned him not to “get in my face,” and then moved even closer, grabbing Berman around the shoulder and saying, “You want to get into this?”

UPDATE: They’re both Democrats. It figures.

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   #2 October 12, 2012 at 9:47 am

   great unknown commented:

   Actually, they’re both Democrats, fighting for their political lives after redistricting merged their two districts into one.

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   #3 October 12, 2012 at 9:49 am

   thekid commented:

   Yeah Jim, they’re both Democrats. California’s new stupid top two wind up on the ballot law.

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   #4 October 12, 2012 at 10:00 am

   anti-bho commented:

   “Ummm. ya want uh piece uh me! Huh? Then brangit m-fer!”

   Really fine upstanding reps you have there California.

   Really though. It looked just a little bit staged, didn’t it?

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   #5 October 12, 2012 at 10:19 am

   Patty commented:

   Sad and pathetic. Aren’t we tired, yet. Hasn’t America had enough, yet. The immaturity of men and women in politics has reached a very non productive level. These are serious times for serious leaders and we get children at play.

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   #6 October 12, 2012 at 10:26 am

   las commented:

   Sherman is all mouth and no azz to back it up!

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   #7 October 12, 2012 at 10:31 am

   mg4us commented:

   Dems are getting desparite when the truth about their failures coming into the open. . .

   keep shinning the light on them

   For example, if you watched VP debate last night, when they spoke about Benghazi, Libya attack on Ambassador, Ryan should have said:
   VP Biden speaks of a FAilURE of Intelligence. . not by the intelligence community, but a FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE OF THE PRESIDENT, HIS VP AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE. . How stupid does one need to be to see that an Ambassador in US consulate a war zone needs protection. . .

   Again , I would grade this an F for Failure by this administration. . .

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   #9 October 12, 2012 at 11:27 am

   valerie commented:

   OT — Too cute for words. Al Gore has profited immensely from The Stimulus.

   http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/al-gore-has-thrived-as-green-tech-investor/2012/10/10/1dfaa5b0-0b11-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html

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   #12 October 12, 2012 at 11:54 am

   Walt commented:

   Catfight.

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   #13 October 12, 2012 at 12:00 pm

   Westerner commented:

   Typical libs…pugilist mentality, and the liberal audience loves it. Jerry Springer must be back stage!
   We got a dose of this hostile snarkiness from Brain dead Biden in last nights debate…

   …THIS IS WHO THE LIBERALS ARE!

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    #14 October 12, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    paul52 commented:

    All that was missing were some folding chairs, ladders, divas, and a cage. Red meat for the unwashed masses.

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    #15 October 12, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    Katielee commented:

    Sherman and Berman…sounds like a cartoon-sort of like their behavior.

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    #16 October 12, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    greenfairie commented:

    I’m surprised Joe Biden didn’t try this last night.

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    #17 October 12, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    P. Aaron commented:

    Another reason to vote republican.