Republican Offensive Touching Assault Scandals

Forcefully grabbed and pushed back a citizen journalist filming him and other congresspeople giving a press conference outside the US Capitol as the victim yelled "you're hurting me!" while asking Higgins to let him go

Tried to manhandle fellow city council member Lisa Bartlett from behind through a side door at a local restaurant presumably in an attempt to be intimate with her while also being married but she was able to get away from his grip before he could go any further

Smacked MAGA singer Joy Villa's behind "really hard" as he posed for a picture with her and then smacked it a second time after she said she could report him for it

Poured a glass of wine down journalist Marie Brenner’s back because he was angry about an unflattering story she wrote profiling him and hiss first wife Ivana