Cuccinelli fires back at O'Malley, calls behavior 'sad' and 'shocking'

Fox News ^ | 28 November 2019 | Brooke Singman, Adam Shaw |

[Cinnamontea]

What's wrong with this pub? O'Malley should have been tossed out on his ear. I hope people boycott the dump.

[bort]

FWIW, O’Malley is 6’5” and an avid weight lifter. He’s a big dude. And he was probably drunk. He probably made the right decision walking to another part of the bar.

[dfwgator]

Why does Trump win? Because he keeps the base energized.

We would have Cuccinelli’s back if he stood up to O’Malley.

[Cinnamontea]

Even shouting back at O'Malley would have been bad optics.

Why is everyone assuming he had to shout back? Ignore the rabid dog and let him make a fool of himself. Barring that, call the cops.

[SamAdams76]

That's not really a proper analogy. The event was cancelled for safety concerns and an altercation never developed.

Show me an example where Trump left a venue with tail between his legs after being shouted at. That would be a proper analogy.

[mrsmith]

Fair point.

But O’Malley’s a nobody.
Only another nobody should get in a fight with him.
Not an official.

[House Atreides]

MARTIN O’MALLEY = WASHED-UP HAS-BEEN!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

No one wins in bar fights, my friend. Even the non-fist fight ones. I've been there and done that and it can get ugly.

Ken did a good job in keeping his cool and walking away from what would have been a volatile situation.

[irishjuggler]

It’s disgusting that these bastards really think they have the moral high ground. What if we heckled Marty O’Malley for being pro-abortion? We should.

[sauropod]

O’Malley always was an @$$hole.

Speaking as someone that had the misfortune to be under his rule...

[Vaquero]

Should have slapped him with a glove.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why is everyone assuming he had to shout back?

Because the Fight Club wing of FR believes that he should've done that or resorted to actual fist-fighting. Other than ignoring O'Malley and walking away, which Ken did, those were the only two options on responding to O'Malley.

[OddLane]

Liberalism is a mental disorder. Just like transgenderism or Islam.

[sauropod]

Yes he did.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

That's not really a proper analogy.

It is a great analogy. Trump had an event in Chicago, he cancelled it. Call it out of safety concerns or whatever, but the fact of the matter is that he cancelled it rather than being the bad-ass and speaking there anyway.

Show me an example where Trump left a venue with tail between his legs after being shouted at.

I don't have any, because Trump prior to his ride down the escalator and declaring his candidacy was beloved and respected by the Left, so none of his appearances at events didn't get interrupted by shouting, barking leftists.

[dfwgator]

But don’t have any illusions that playing nice gets us anywhere in the long run.

[Steely Tom]

An acting Deputy secretary in ANY administration taking the bait of a likely intoxicated loud mouth from the opposing party is not only not advisable, it’s imbecilic.

Exactly. Escalating it would have played right into the MSM-Democrat's hands.

[dfwgator]

Exactly. Escalating it would have played right into the MSM-Democrat's hands.

Why?

[Cinnamontea]

I still think the best option would have been to stand his ground, ignore O'Malley, and then call the cops. Running away is pointless.

[Bookshelf]

In Washingon you pay no attention to has-beens:
The 2016 presidential campaign of Martin O’Malley, the 61st Governor of Maryland, was formally launched on May 30, 2015. On February 1, 2016, he suspended his campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.