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Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter
Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian, said the episode occurred during an interview at Mr. Gianforte’s campaign headquarters. Mr. Jacobs said Mr. Gianforte “body-slammed” him when pressed on a question about the Republicans’ health care bill.
Members of a Fox News television crew witnessed the encounter, and in a firsthand account posted on the network’s website, one of the Fox journalists described Mr. Gianforte as “punching the reporter.”
“As Gianforte moved on top of Jacobs, he began yelling something to the effect of, ‘I’m sick and tired of this!’” according to the Fox News account.
Mr. Jacobs said Mr. Gianforte became agitated when asked about the Congressional Budget Office’s new fiscal assessment of the legislation that House Republicans have passed to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Gianforte initially sidestepped the question, according to an audio recording of the episode Mr. Jacobs posted, suggesting the reporter speak with his spokesman. But when Mr. Jacobs persisted, the candidate lost his composure.
“I’m sick and tired of you guys!” Mr. Gianforte can be heard saying on the recording shortly after the sounds of a physical struggle and a crash. “The last time you came here you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. Get the hell out of here.”
Mr. Jacobs responded: “You just body-slammed me and broke my glasses.”
“Get the hell out of here,” Mr. Gianforte said again. Mr. Jacobs said he would report the episode to the authorities and asked for the names of the other individuals in the room. Then the tape ends
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/politics/greg-gianforte-montana...
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Making amerika great again...
Making amerika great again.......
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Charged with misdemeanor
Charged with misdemeanor assault, all of the newspapers pulled their endorsements. He's probably still going to win, but he shouldn't be allowed to serve.
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Unfortunately for Dems, it
Unfortunately for Dems, it looks like 70% of the votes have already been cast in early voting.
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Montana has voting day
Montana has voting day registration.
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well, there're always work in
well, there's always work in security for dental floss tycoons...
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wow, nice t shirt.
wow, nice t shirt.
bet you he likes the interwebs.
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Yeah, he did it because of
Yeah, he did it because of the CBO question...
or because Ben Jacobs wrote this?
GOP candidate Greg Gianforte has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/greg-gianforte-republica...
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This solidified his victory.
This solidified his victory.
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Early mail in voters have
Early mail in voters have been calling the Montana Seretary of State office with questions about going to polling places to change their votes. Not allowed under Montana law.
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>> This solidified his victory.
Or this ^^^
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Is changing a vote allowed in
Is changing a vote allowed in any state?
You can't fix stupid.
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TOD -- that got him this far.
TOD -- that got him this far. The body slam wrapped it up nice and tight.
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>> TOD -- that got him this
>> TOD -- that got him this far. The body slam wrapped it up nice and tight.
With Paul Ryan actually saying it was wrong, then when asked if he would still seat him, he said he would let Montana voters decide. (Go figure)
Think you might be right.
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Paul Ryan is walking talking
Paul Ryan is despicable.
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https://twitter.com
https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/867731751053004800
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I naively thought that this
I naively thought that this last election would have been nail in the coffin of the GOP.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
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https://www.nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/montana-house-special-election
Greg GianforteRep.93,094 48.1%
Rob QuistDem.89,254 46.1
Mark WicksLib.11,256 5.8
25% reporting (169 of 681 precincts)
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MSNBC worked really hard
MSNBC worked really hard yesterday on their coverage of the Gianforte incident, unfortunately to no avail.
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From what I heard, the
From what I heard, the incident didn't change many minds one way or another. There were interviews on the radio with some of Gianforte's supporters saying stuff to the effect that the reporter had it coming or shouldn't have provoked him and how this just demonstrates Gianforte's willingness to fight for them in Washington.
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The GOP is just a pussy
The GOP is just a pussy-grabbin', body-slammin' kind of party.
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>> The GOP is just a pussy
>> a pussy-grabbin', body-slammin' kind of party.
Some Gov't Mule fans are really into that.