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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
Mon May 29, 2017, 03:42 PM May 2017

Greg Gianforte fundraises for Karen Handel GA 6th

Montana’s incoming congressman Greg Gianforte is still facing charges for bodyslamming a reporter who asked him about health care. But that didn’t dissuade him from sending out a fundraising appeal for the Republican candidate in an upcoming Georgia congressional election.

Gianforte, through the National Republican Congressional Committee, sent out an email promoting Karen Handel’s campaign and soliciting campaign donations. Gianforte hailed his successful race by noting, “It was Montanans’ victory. It was President Trump’s victory. And most importantly, it was your victory.”

He added that “with your support” of Handel in the race, “we can defeat Pelosi and the liberals in Georgia and the remaining special elections.”

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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
3. With all the anti-Ossoff ads you'd think
Mon May 29, 2017, 03:57 PM
May 2017

Peolsi, John Kerry, Michael Moore, were running. I have yet to see an anti-Ossoff ad featuring Hillary though.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. interesting there is no Clinton, isn't it. I've seen Pelosi, Sanders and Kerry in bunch of ads.
Mon May 29, 2017, 04:07 PM
May 2017

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
4. Weird ads from Handel
Mon May 29, 2017, 03:58 PM
May 2017

showing pictures of Nancy Pelosi photoshopped with Jon Ossoff. Do they Pelosi is hated enough for voters to switch to Handel? I don't get it. It's always about "one of us". But Georgia 6 is very diverse. I should know, I live here. The "one of us" crowd has moved to Cherokee and Forsyth counties.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. Problem with that district is that it overwhelming elected Tom Price for years, and Newt Gingrich
Mon May 29, 2017, 04:09 PM
May 2017

before him. I hope we get a different results this time.

Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
10. Here's a little GA insider info on that district.
Mon May 29, 2017, 08:04 PM
May 2017

When Nathan Deal was first running for Governor, Tom Price supported Handel in the primary and made a bunch of disparaging remarks about Deal. When Deal won, he got the district remapped to include parts of Dekalb County a Democratic stronghold thus weakening the Republican base.

Also remember that the district now has one of the highest concentrations of college graduates in GA.

Trump only won the district by 1.5%

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
9. I really, really, really hate Gianforte and his ilk
Mon May 29, 2017, 05:15 PM
May 2017

Guess it doesn't matter, though, because the deplorables have won and run this country. The fact that he is not sitting in a jail cell right now proves as much.

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