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Republican candidate charged with assault, roiling Trump's Montana test

A Montana Republican running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat was charged with assaulting a reporter hours before polls opened on Thursday for a special election that could test President Donald Trump's political clout.

The incident on Wednesday roiled a tightening race in the Republican-leaning state, where a Democratic political novice aims to pull off a victory in a contest seen as a bellwether for next year's U.S. congressional elections.

It was not clear what effect the assault charge against Republican technology executive Greg Gianforte would have on the Montana race, where 37 percent of the 699,207 registered voters had already submitted absentee ballots, according to state election officials.

Polls are slated to close at 8 p.m.(0200 GMT).

Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault after Ben Jacobs, a political correspondent for the U.S. edition of the Guardian newspaper, said the candidate "body-slammed" him during a campaign event in Bozeman.

Republican lawmakers criticized Gianforte but stopped short of asking him to withdraw from the race.

"Yeah, I think he should apologize," U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told a regular news briefing. "There's no call for this, no matter what, under any circumstance."

Ryan said it was up to Montana voters to pick their representative and he would not attempt to block Gianforte from joining Congress if he wins the election.

Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines from Montana said in a tweet that Gianforte "needs to apologize."

Jacobs was trying to ask Gianforte about healthcare, according to an audio tape captured by the British newspaper's correspondent.

Fox News Channel reporter Alicia Acuna, who was preparing to interview Gianforte at the time, said the candidate "grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him to the ground."

Acuna, her field producer and photographer then "watched in disbelief as Gianforte began punching the reporter, she wrote on the Fox News website.

"I'm sick and tired of you guys," Gianforte can be heard saying in the audio tape. "The last guy who came here did the same thing. Get the hell out of here."

Jacobs was taken to the hospital and later released, media reports said.

Gianforte was favored in a state where his party has held the lone House seat for two decades and where fellow Republican Trump won by more than 20 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election.

If that's all it took to change an election.......even Rachel "Madcow" would be sporting a black eye.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have no clue who he is but I applaud his actions and would vote for him if I could. About time someone bitch slabs the media.

So, a Republican gets fed up with a media jackal and knocks him the fuck out.
Obviously Elkindoofus hasn't spent any time outside the five boroughs of New Jerk Shitty.
This is how you handle assholes in Montana.

This event has the possibility of helping the Republican, not hurting him.

Remember all you Killery supporters thought you had that one locked up too.

Just sayin' here...

I condemn that takedown unless it can be shown on video and analyzed from the standpoint of Kodokan Judo.

Sure, tossing around some wimpy leftist can be fun, but proper technique should be used.

"Why are Republican candidates so violent and unhinged?"

That would make a good thread title, wouldn't it, LoserBoyAssClownInsipid?

It'll be a real bitch slap when the Republican wins despite kicking the reporter's ass. America has had enough, voters will speak tonight.

As of right now, things are not looking good for the perennial loser party.

He'll win and democrats will declare victory as they did with Hillary because they came close :lol: :lol: :lol:

The Demos positioning themselves for 2018...way to go cupcakes! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Republican Greg Gianforte wins Montana special election, CNN projects

Turn out the lights, the party's over.
The only thing missing is a confident prediction by Dogshit of an overwhelming Donkey-Rat victory.

In the words of Elkindoofus, Priceless!

...And the response from the Right?

Watch a film about the Brown Shirts in Germany. Their response to people who question their leaders is identical.
This is not hyperbole. They beat people up and their constituency cheers them on or stands idly by in support.

Some of them are right here applauding assault and battery. The justification? "They deserve it."

There seems to be no limit to the fail of the Donkey-Rat party.

CNN and MSNBC are weeping at the horror of a reporter undergoing a "body slam."

More likely, it was just a push after he grabbed the candidate's wrist.

But look at the riots the Left has participated in...

Just 24 hours after being charged with assault for allegedly body-slamming a reporter in his Bozeman campaign office, Republican Greg Gianforte on Thursday defeated Democratic opponent Rob Quist to win the special election for the U.S. House seat in Montana.

Dudes, that's how much trouble the democratic party is in!

The margin was something like 26,000 votes.
In a state like Montana that's YUGE!

Just heard some interviews with folks in Montana and they are proud of their new Rep.

Looks like it's open season on the fake news media.

Yep, I don't know him but I respect him for doing what needed to be done long ago. If someone enters my private office stick a microphone in my face, starts ranting and refuses to leave my office, I'd kick his ass.

There was no video...not even by the other cupcake reporters who claim to witness the incident....Hmmm :?
So the reporter involved, with mic in hand and in a precise and very clear voice,..had to do a play by play
of his "assault".. :lol:

Of course CNN reported the"Breaking News" and their solution was ..?? The GOP candidate
had to withdraw from the race immediately and this would all go away....YEAH Right! :lol: :lol:

As an added note...the cupcake media now says this is proof President Trump invented violence in politics... :lol: :lol:

It is pretty certain that the reporter didn't sustain a "body slam" as he stated.

I highly doubt the reporter knows what that is, and I doubt that that happened.

But, to the Left, facts are optional.

The fact that the media is only releasing the audio and not the video tells you there's something they don't want you to see, that would ruin their narrative.

"Yep, I don't know him but I respect him for doing what needed to be done long ago. If someone enters my private office stick a microphone in my face, starts ranting and refuses to leave my office, I'd kick his ass."-RealStool

Let us know when something like that happens, Tool.
As it is, this idiotic story of yours is just more of your made up stupid shit.

"“At that point,” she [Fox’s Alicia Acuna] wrote, “Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him.”

Acuna and her crew “watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began 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!’”

Acuna said that Jacobs “scrambled to his knees and said something about his glasses being broken.” He asked the Fox reporter and crew for their names but “in shock, we did not answer.”

“To be clear,” she wrote, “at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte, who left the area after giving statements to local sheriff’s deputies.”"-Washington Post

You've heard the audio, Tool. Jacobs didn't "rant" at all. That's made up stupid shit.
Jacobs calmly and politely asked a question. That was Gianforte ranting, you moron.


"The fact that the media is only releasing the audio and not the video tells you there's something they don't want you to see, that would ruin their narrative."-RealStool

"The media" only released the audio because there is no video, dimwit. The FOX crew were still setting up to film in the interview room.
Tool, when Gianforte goes public and apologizes for his assault on Jacobs, that should give even a moron like you a tiny clue as to who actually did the assaulting.

The Guardian leans far to the Left, and the "journalist" wanted to trash the Republican.

We all know that.

Should the Republican have played into his hands and lost his temper?

No, but MSNBC has been moronic in pretending somehow this is Trump's fault.

If so, is Hillary to blame for the Left Wing riots?

Hillary never encouraged violence among her supporters, dimwit.

Trump has literally told his supporters to attack people who oppose them. He even said he would pay for their legal defense when they do. Trump has repeatedly encouraged and minimized violence among his supporters.

See any difference, johnny, you dishonest scumbag?


"The Guardian leans far to the Left, and the "journalist" wanted to trash the Republican."-johnfibs

It was a legitimate question, one Gianforte had been dodging for weeks.
But I think you're confusing actually "trashing" a reporter with trashing a Republican.
The Republican assaulted the reporter, not the other way around, dummy.

Nobody here was there, so we don't know.

Apparently, this Left Wing "reporter" (so juvenile he said "guys'es") grabbed the politician's wrist, then the politician toss him to the floor.

Talk about a "body slam" (almost surely didn't happen) is pretty silly.

Obama said if they bring a knife, you bring a gun, and Hillary has been very aggressive in whipping up her ill-informed supporters.

Blaming this on Trump is intellectually lazy.

Besides, this pencil-neck reporter kid, who says "guys'es" as a plural possessive, will probably settle a civil suit and do well.

Once again the AssClown is being either deliberately obtuse, is picking and choosing the facts that support his silly ass word game or really is that St000pid.

In any case, only braid dead Useful Idiots will buy his bullshit.
No thinking person ever could.

Again the libtards support some asslicking window washing reporter to get in a persons face. Let one get in my face (space) lets see where he winds up.. Being a reporter does not give you the authority to get in a persons space (arm-length). thats violating your personal space leaving you open for a skull caving session.

You're making the laws now???

There is somebody at fault in this, and it is the CBO for pretending to be nonpartisan.

I can put up with a lot, but you confront me with some fake CBO number and I assume it is time for randori.

Dogzilla wrote:You're making the laws now???

thanks for admitting your one dumb ass mutt. tell you what Dogshit. You step inside my space (an arms length) and lest see who right in court. Moron

I wonder if Gianforte will be allowed to legislate behind bars?

LMFAO!

:lol:

"You step inside my space (an arms length) and lest see who right in court. Moron"-namandgulfdumbfuck

^^^^^ I can't even GUESS what this buffoon is trying to say this time.

Seriously, he can't speak his mother tongue and still calls others "Moron" :lol:

He's the poster boy for Trump supporters.

johnforbes wrote:Nobody here was there, so we don't know.

Apparently, this Left Wing "reporter" (so juvenile he said "guys'es") grabbed the politician's wrist, then the politician toss him to the floor.

Talk about a "body slam" (almost surely didn't happen) is pretty silly.

Obama said if they bring a knife, you bring a gun, and Hillary has been very aggressive in whipping up her ill-informed supporters.

Blaming this on Trump is intellectually lazy.

Besides, this pencil-neck reporter kid, who says "guys'es" as a plural possessive, will probably settle a civil suit and do well.

Nobody was there???

Ironically a Hoax News reporter had eyewitnessed the whole incident and corroborated the story of the reporter. Therefore, Gianforte's whole version of the event was a lie.

I hear that Gianforte's supporters raised money after the incident.

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/8 ... 8258272256

I suppose those funds will come in handy for those lawyer fees and court appearances... :lol: