“Who Gave You The Right To Take My Picture, A******” – Democrat Congressman Reportedly Shouts At Photographer

Rep. David Scott (D-GA) reportedly shouted at a photographer for taking his picture while being pushed in a wheelchair outside the U.S. Capitol.

“Dem Rep. David Scott, who was being pushed in a wheelchair by a staffer outside the Capitol after votes, reamed out a photographer for taking the congressman’s picture,” Punchbowl News congressional reporter Melanie Zanona said.

“Who gave you the right to take my picture, a**hole?” Zanona said she saw and heard Scott yell.

Dem Rep. David Scott, who was being pushed in a wheelchair by a staffer outside the Capitol after votes, reamed out a photographer for taking the congressman’s picture.

I saw and heard Scott yell: “Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?”

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) December 18, 2024

POLITICO photographer Francis Chung reportedly took the snapshots.

From the New York Post:

His spokesperson later confronted Chung and railed that the photographer should not be “tak[ing] a picture[s] of us as we’re trying to get into the Capitol” in the future.

“I’m going to ask you very nicely to not do that,” the rep added. “We will be reaching out to your editor, whoever it is we have to reach out to.”

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Scott has chaired the House Agriculture Committee since January 2021 — but some colleagues have expressed serious concerns about his mental acuity.

As the panel’s top Democrat, he often reads from a script and has “trouble” discussing finer points of policy, sources on Capitol Hill who had interacted with Scott in late 2023 and into 2024 told Politico.

Another Democratic lawmaker told Punchbowl in September that many members of their House caucus don’t believe Scott can even lead the committee anymore.

Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) to a Politico photojournalist: “Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?”https://t.co/9xZxz2ClUK pic.twitter.com/3Ci9yVZyhC

— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) December 19, 2024

POLITICO reports:

UGLY SCENE — As Rep. DAVID SCOTT (D-Ga.) went past a throng of journalists outside the House side of the Capitol yesterday afternoon, POLITICO photographer Francis Chung began taking photos of Scott as an aide pushed his wheelchair. As Chung continued taking photos — as is his right in a public place — Scott turned his head to the side where Chung was and yelled, “Who gave you the right to take my picture, a**hole?” according to accounts from the scene, including from Punchbowl’s Melanie Zanona.

The staffer who was assisting Scott then returned to the area where the journalists were gathered and confronted Chung, asking which outlet he was with and saying, “I’m going to ask you to not come and take a picture of us as we’re trying to get into the Capitol.” When Chung replied that he hadn’t gotten in the way, the aide pushed back, raising their voice and repeatedly saying “no,” adding: “I’m going to ask you very nicely to not do that. We will be reaching out to your editor, whoever it is we have to reach out to.”

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