Now that the clash between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Rep. Eric Massa has gone public, a remarkable video on YouTube is even more interesting.
It captures Massa’s unsuccessful race for the U.S. House in 2006 and shows him talking with Emanuel in scenes that are not often captured on film.
“I don’t want you tonight on TV to be angry,” Emanuel tells Massa in a private conversation at the start of a campaign event in upstate New York as the cameras rolled. “OK? Just take it down a notch.”
The video then shows Massa traveling in his car, saying that Emanuel “thinks I’m too fiery.”
“Obviously, Congressman Emanuel is not a veteran,” Massa said. At the time, Emanuel was the powerful chairman of the DCCC, which raises money nationally for Congressional candidates.
After Emanuel tells Massa to be more pleasant, Massa says later on camera that “He’s a pretty serious guy. I’ve never seen him smile in all the times I’ve seen him on TV.”
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