Huffington Post – by Nick Wing
Days before Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) slipped out of her state on an unannounced weeklong work trip – reportedly to Afghanistan – she punched a reporter for asking a question about climate change, one news photographer claimed in an email to Jim Romenesko.
The photographer wrote on Wednesday that the incident came after Brewer’s rather awkward response to an unexpected question on climate change from 3TV’s Dennis Welch.
“Everybody has an opinion on it, you know, and I probably don’t believe that it’s man-made,” she told Welch, who had posed the question in the context of her upcoming speech at an energy summit. “I believe that, you know, that weather and certain elements are controlled maybe by different things.”
In the video below via 3TV, Brewer can be seen confronting Welch after her answer, asking him, “Where in the hell did that come from?
What isn’t shown in the video, however, is what West Valley View photographer Michael Clawson claimed was Brewer punching Welch’s arm before the brief scolding.
“Brewer took her left hand, balled it into a fist and with the back of her hand she slugged the reporter on the back of his right arm,” Claweson wrote in an email to Jim Romenesko. “Not hard, but with enough force that he spun around to see what was going on.”
Asked by Romenesko for comment on the matter, Welch called the email a “fair and accurate account.”
(Read the entire text of the email at JimRomenesko.com)
Brewer has been known to get up close and personal in testy exchanges in the past. During an airport tarmac meeting with President Barack Obama earlier this year, Brewer was memorably photographed wagging her finger at the president. The two of them were reportedly airing their grievances over a prior encounter. The Arizona governor later referred to the situation as “uncomfortable,” though Obama had sought to downplay its significance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/jan-brewer-reporter_n_2247350.html
Now if somebody punched the govenor they would be arrested for assault I am sore of it. Dosen`t that Jan Brewer look just like a cross between Hillary and Palin, LOL.
HAHAHA!!! Absolutely, Digs. Scary.
Why does a State Governor need to go to Afghanistan? Or any other country for that matter.
Doesn’t she work for the people of Arizona?
Exactly! That’s like a mayor of NYC going to Tel Aviv. Whoops!
I agree, there’s more than enough problems in Arizona for Jan to deal with, unless she’s beefing up her ‘credentials’ for a WH run.
Sounds like the reporter is a pansy.
There is a whole subset of people on the Internet who actually believe that reptilian shapeshifters have infiltrated the government in the US. I didn;t believe this until I watched some Brewer videos (j/k)
“reptilian shape-shifters have infiltrated the government”
Okay, okay…..it’s time to address this phrase in the hopes of avoiding more confusion in the future.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe the phrase was originally coined by David Icke long ago as a literary allegory that would allow him to avoid saying “the Jews have infiltrated the government”, and it was important at the time, because there would have been too much resistance to spreading the message had he named them literally. By using the term “reptilian shape-shifters” he describes a repulsive creature that can hide or alter its identity, which accurately identifies the Jews in a figurative sense, and this allowed him to spread the concept of government infiltration without being bombed with the “anti-semite” accusations from all sides, which back then, was a much more powerful attack than it is today, and would have alienated much of his audience.
Use your imagination. “reptilian shape-shifter” = “crypto-Jew”
I think it was a clever device he invented there, but unfortunately, he was attacked by many who lack the imaginative skills many of these freaky writers possess.
She must be the “soul mate” of our PM here in Australia the cunning Jooliar!
“Everybody has an opinion on it, you know, and I probably don’t believe that it’s man-made,”
The phrase “probably [don't] believe” must be unique to politicians. Decoded, it means “I’m not really sure which opinion will get me the best approval here, so I’m gonna hedge me bets!”
Having said all that, she’s on the right track. The catastrophic climate-change (the signal of which most measurements cannot even detect) is probably not man-made, assuming it even exists at all.
And before I get buried in the Sandy, it’s worth clarifying that very few physics-qualified scientist or meteorologist believe that more severe weather results from a warming climate (assuming it actually was warming), in fact they believe, and can prove, the opposite.
If I punched anybody I’d be in jail, and I don’t believe this ugly dyke should have been allowed to roam the streets even before she started throwing punches.
Lock her up with someone who can be counted upon to punch the crap out of her on a daily basis.
Jan Brewer. Wow! Now there’s a face that should be plastered over every anti-smoking poster in the country.
That would get people to quit I bet, HAHAHA