I was wrong. I shouldnt have allowed my emotions to get the better of — Michael Grimm

"Ive seen some people on Twitter this morning suggest that the outrage over Grimms outburst is overblown. Politics aint beanbag, and if you want to be involved in it you should learn to toughen up. Fair enough. But putting aside the annoying double standard with which we treat emotional outbursts on the job (crying at work is seen as unacceptably shameful, even though that display of emotion is inwardly directed and harms no one, whereas anger, which actually can harm people, is often rationalized as a display of passion or intensity) Scotto was asking Grimm, a public official, about a serious and important issue. Do we really want a political culture in which journalists cant ask public officials legitimate questions without getting browbeaten?"

"I was extremely annoyed because I was doing NY1 a favor by rushing to do their interview first in lieu of several other requests. The reporter knew that I was in a hurry and was only there to comment on the State of the Union, but insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot at the end of the interview, because I did not have time to speak off-topic I verbally took the reporter to task and told him off, because I expect a certain level of professionalism and respect, especially when I go out of my way to do that reporter a favor. I doubt that I am the first Member of Congress to tell off a reporter, and I am sure I won’t be the last."

"Im gonna fucking kill him. Im a fucking FBI agent, aint nobody gonna threaten me."

"Everybody get up against the fucking wall. The FBI is in control. All the white people get out of here."

"I want to kill Grandma? It’s not respectful to say someone wants to kill Grandma when I spent sixteen years of my life putting my life on the line to protect Grandma."

"It seems like Hollywood to you because youve never served. What I’ve done in my life, you see in the movies."