Carl Paladino to reporter: 'I'll take you out'
(This item has been updated since it was first posted.)
By Jason Horowitz
Did Carl Paladino just make a gigantic mistake?
The New York gubernatorial candidate got into an angry, expletive-filled exchange with one of the most influential reporters in the state when asked to back up claims that his Democratic opponent is having an affair.
"Do you have any evidence of the charge you made?" asked Fred Dicker of the New York Post.
"You'll get it at the appropriate time. You're not entitled to it," Paladino responded angrily. He said the Post had sent "goons" to his daughter's house -- apparently a reference to press coverage of his own extramarital affair and out-of-wedlock child.
When the reporter followed him, Paladino shouted, "I'll take you out."
"You'll take me out? How are you gonna do that? Are you threatening me?" Dicker responded. "Watch," Paladino said as he walked away.
Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo, blocked Dicker from following the candidate and accused him of working for Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo.
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