'What The F**k?' - Trump Supporting Republican Lawmaker Assaulted In NYC During Interview

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America, and we just witnessed

a Republican in New York, a beautiful Republican councilwoman, physically assaulted in the

middle of a live interview. Let's take a look at this video, but before we do, please make sure you like, comment

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channel continue to grow. Now I'm going to show you this video

This woman is a councilwoman in New York City, a Republican, which has to be a lonely

position to be in to begin with. She's in the middle of an interview with a local CBS affiliate

Now I'm not sure what the interview was about. She's been talking in recent times about really putting the screws to Democrat New York City

Mayor Eric Adams over the migrant crisis, and how much money from the New York City

budget has been spent on that. She was also talking about lead paint on a bridge nearby on the overhang

So there's a few things that have been on her agenda. Again, one of the lone Republicans

She's a Ukrainian immigrant, and she was accosted in the middle of this interview

Let's take a look at this short clip. Now look, she wasn't hit, she wasn't grabbed, she wasn't flung to the ground, but this is

still an assault. This is still not okay. I know some people may look at this and say, oh it's a kiss on the cheek and he laughed

and it's no big deal. No, it's a big deal. Women do not, you don't have a right to just walk up and kiss a woman

Women do not have to deal with this. You don't just walk up and grab and kiss a woman because she's beautiful, because you

feel like it, or for whatever reason it is that day. And you shouldn't do it to a man either

You shouldn't do it to anybody. That's somebody's personal space you're invading

But the real more serious point of this is, as quickly as that man walked up to her and

kissed her, somebody could have walked up and did something else. It's a dangerous position that these lawmakers take on, Democrat and Republican

The one thing that I was heartened by is there was an outpouring of support shown by both

Democrats and Republicans after the incident, where they said, you know, she shouldn't have

to deal with this, and this is a problem for women everywhere. Now, I'm not a woman, so I don't know if this is a major problem

If you're a woman, maybe you can tell me, is this a normal thing where men just walk up on the street and kiss you

I haven't seen this, but maybe this is something women deal with, as some of these people are saying

I don't know. But I do know that it's not okay. And like I said, just because it's a kiss and not a punch to the face doesn't make it

any less, you know, traumatic for somebody. This woman was not paying attention

She didn't consent to be kissed. She doesn't know who this guy is

And I'm sure he thought of it as funny and, ha ha, I got on the news, and me and my friends

are going to laugh about it. I imagine he did not mean any harm

But you just can't do something like that. I think that's the overall arching theme here

You just can't do that. It's not your right. You don't have a right to touch or kiss or anything people that don't want to be touched

or kissed or whatever by you. You don't have that right. And that is an assault

And it's a crime. Keep that in mind. It's a crime. This man can be arrested, prosecuted, and possibly sent to jail or face heavy fines

It is a crime in just about every jurisdiction I'm aware of

So word to the wise, don't do this. Men, women, whoever, don't do this

You know, I'm hopeful that she's not too shaken up by this and I pray that, you know, she

gets over it and doesn't have that memory next time she gives an interview

Because stuff like that does cause trauma and it could make you nervous when you're

out in public or giving another interview. So let's pray that doesn't happen to her

I want your thoughts on this, really, because I think we're going to have a variety of thoughts

on this with some people saying it's not a big deal, other people saying it is a big deal

I do want to hear your thoughts on this, so please leave them in the comments. Also, again, please make sure you like, share, and subscribe because it really helps us out

I'm Carmine Sabia. This is Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you

Take care, everybody