INTERVIEW – HENRY RODGERS – Daily Caller News Foundation’s Capitol Hill reporter

• Menendez threatens to call police on reporter asking about Green New Deal: report. (Fox News) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., had a fiery exchange with a reporter on Capitol Hill on Wednesday when asked to comment on the Green New Deal. Henry Rodgers, the Daily Caller’s Capitol Hill reporter, approached the senator at a subway station and asked him if he supported Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s legislative proposal. Menendez avoided the question and asked where Rodgers worked. Rodgers said that when he told Menendez he worked for the Daily Caller, the Democrat responded by saying he would not answer any questions. An intern who was with Rodgers asked a follow-up question, and tensions apparently rose. The reporter followed the tweet with an audio clip from their back-and-forth. “I am wondering why you won’t answer questions on the Green New Deal?” Rodgers asked. “I won’t answer questions to the Daily Caller, period! You’re trash,” Menendez responded. “Why do you think we’re trash, sir?” the reporter followed. “Don’t keep harassing me anymore or I’ll race to the Capitol Police,” the New Jersey Democrat threatened. Rodgers told Fox News he had no prior interaction with Menendez and was working on a story that was to include the responses of Senate Democrats regarding the Green New Deal.
• Ocasio-Cortez Living in Luxury Navy Yard Apartment Building. (Washington Free Beacon) — After fretting about whether she’d be able to afford rent, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has moved into a luxury apartment building in the District of Columbia’s Navy Yard neighborhood, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, got a big raise with her election to Congress, a job that comes with a $174,000 annual salary. She told the New York Times she was concerned about how she would get an apartment before that salary kicked in. She ended up moving into a luxury apartment building with a wide array of amenities where rent for even a studio apartment exceeds $2,000 a month. The Washington Free Beacon is not disclosing the exact building Ocasio-Cortez lives in due to safety concerns expressed by her office.