Somehow without grasping the irony, Ed Schultz claimed he would be fired from his private sector job if he had used aggressive language like Rep. Michael Grimm who threatened to throw NY1 reporter Michael Scotto off the Capitol Rotunda balcony Tuesday.  

After the State of the Union Address, Grimm gave an interview with Scotto and refused to answer questions about an investigation into his campaign finances. When Scotto told the tri-state area audience Grimm did not want to answer questions about the scandal, Grimm returned and said he'd throw Scotto over the "f---ing balcony!" Grimm has since apologized, and Scotto has accepted the apology. 

After playing the clip Schultz stated,

I just wanna know what would happen if I had been, last night, around the gallery and if I got mad at somebody and said that I was gonna throw them over the balcony and break them in half. I don't think I'd be doing this broadcast tonight! Uh, I think the private sector would just get rid of somebody like that.  

While Schultz has never threatened to throw someone over the balcony, he did infamously declare that he wanted to tear out former Vice President Dick Cheney's heart, was briefly suspended for calling right-wing talk show host Laura Ingraham a "slut", and has called Fox News liberal commentator Kirsten Powers and conservative Sarah Palin "bimbos." Despite his less than pristine track record, however, the "Lean Forward" network has seen fit to keep cutting Schultz checks. So far anyhow.