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Atman

(31,464 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:02 PM May 2017

Make 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.

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elleng

(130,126 posts)
3. because we know all those Montanans like that sort of thing,
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:06 PM
May 2017

especially those who voted for Democratic Senator Jon Tester, and former Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
11. I get what you're trying to do.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:16 PM
May 2017

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)
16. True. That is the stereotyping that most of us are guilty of, and we tend to
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:24 PM
May 2017

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)
4. It's very possible he planned it that way
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:09 PM
May 2017

Beat up a lyin' media geek... from some foreign paper.
That's red meat to the knuckledraggers.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
5. The deplorables love a candidate who will literally assault the press and Democrats.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:11 PM
May 2017

Gianforte's chances of winning only increased after today.

still_one

(91,937 posts)
19. When the polls say too close to call in a state which was mostly republican in the last election,
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:39 PM
May 2017

that is NOT a good thing for the republicans

kentuck

(110,947 posts)
6. Probably correct.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:14 PM
May 2017

It might be better to not advertise it too much until after the election tomorrow?

nycbos

(6,032 posts)
13. Think they will actually arrest him?
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:18 PM
May 2017

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)
14. I think the Guardian guy needs to press charges
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:18 PM
May 2017

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.

nycbos

(6,032 posts)
12. He was going to win any way.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:16 PM
May 2017

This will seal the deal.

The first amendment has become a dirty word in Trump supporting flyover land.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
18. Not so sure about that
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:31 PM
May 2017

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.

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