A bitter congressional race in California “took a bizarre turn” when Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) got into a near-altercation during a forum at a local college, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Video of the event shows the candidates exchanging words and Sherman at one point putting his arm around Berman, saying: “Do you want to get into this?”
“A uniformed officer then came onto the stage and appeared to ask that they move away from each other.”
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