Watch Lindsey Graham Get Hilariously Chased By TMZ Over Unexpected Issue

A cheeky videographer from the gossip site pursued the South Carolina Republican up a set of stairs to ask him about the bubble wand he was seen carrying at Disney World during the partial government shutdown. War raged, and Transportation Security Administration workers went unpaid during an impasse over Homeland Security funding, but Graham and others in Congress took advantage of a nice, long recess.

In the clip shared Monday, Graham holds up his arm to his TMZ pursuer as if to say: Don’t bother ― talk to the hand. But the intrepid reporter follows him up. “I’m from TMZ,” the journo says. “Can I just ask you about the bubble wand, sir?” The reporter repeats the request but gets only silence before the video cuts out.

Graham, who reportedly was holding the wand for a little girl while she was in the bathroom, was photographed during what seemed to be an extended stay at Mickey Mouse’s house.

And he probably wasn’t expected to get Woodward and Bernsteined on the subject.