Texas GOP Chair Allen West Challenges Tardy Reporter to Drop and Give Him Thirty

A journalist arrived late to the press conference, and West challenged that reporter (whose identity, alas, was not disclosed by Jane C. Timm, the NBC News reporter who tweeted about the incident) to perform thirty push-ups, as though he were a high school football coach chastising a tardy player. When the reporter “‘respectfully’ declined,” West opted to do the push-ups himself.-- More...

Texas GOP chair @AllenWest challenged a reporter who was late to his press conference to do 30 pushups. The reporter “respectfully” declined; Allen West did them instead pic.twitter.com/sF9jAoJn52

— Jane C. Timm (@janestreet) May 5, 2021