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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMake no mistake; Gianforte's body slamming of a reporter will only help him.
This is exactly why Trumpsky's supporter still support Trumpsky; he takes no shit, he fights the lamestream media! Yeehaw!
This incident might even help Gianforte win.
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)ck4829
(34,969 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)especially those who voted for Democratic Senator Jon Tester, and former Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer.
Atman
(31,464 posts)In another browser window I've got one of my old buddies online...he lives in Montana now. Totally defends Gianforte. I'm just a lefty convicting a man before knowing all the facts. He claims he saw the video and that the reporter pulled Gianforte to the ground...although there is no video anywhere, just the audio. This isn't a "Montana" thing. Or, yeah, maybe it is.
still_one
(91,937 posts)forget that we are not a monolithic country, nor is any state, though there are states which will have a tendency to vote predominately one way or another. However, it is usually unwise to make generalizations in situations where the polls are this close, and the dynamics of what has transpired since January, and their effect, are a huge variable.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)Beat up a lyin' media geek... from some foreign paper.
That's red meat to the knuckledraggers.
LonePirate
(13,386 posts)Gianforte's chances of winning only increased after today.
still_one
(91,937 posts)that is NOT a good thing for the republicans
kentuck
(110,947 posts)It might be better to not advertise it too much until after the election tomorrow?
Coventina
(26,844 posts)Sadly, I think the OP is right.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He can't win if he is under arrest.
nycbos
(6,032 posts)Didn't you get the memo? Trump folks are above the law because they are real 'muericans.
Unlike the rest of us.
Warpy
(110,900 posts)Whether or not he will is moot. The presence of another news crew and the existence of audio would provide him with real witnesses, while Gianforte only has paid goons.
Nixon and Hoover thought they could use a few gangsters here and there. Now they've taken over.
packman
(16,296 posts)Hell, he'll get a medal
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Repukes get away with everything.
nycbos
(6,032 posts)This will seal the deal.
The first amendment has become a dirty word in Trump supporting flyover land.
Freethinker65
(9,928 posts)Warpy
(110,900 posts)He just fucking flipped out with no warning. I think that's going to get some people looking a little more closely at who he really is. It's a pretty ugly tape of an ugly man with no self control.
I do hope he gets nailed for assault. He desperately needs to.