Montana Democrat Attacks Opponent Over Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Source: Huffington Post
05/06/2017 08:42 pm ET | Updated 4 hours ago
It has been a rough week for Republican Greg Gianforte.
By Daniel Marans
The campaign of Rob Quist, the folk music star and Democrat running for Montana’s open House seat, slammed Quist’s opponent, Republican Greg Gianforte, for allegedly discriminating against a disabled employee, opening up a new line of attack in an increasingly competitive special election.
Late last month, Raw Story reported that Gianforte, a tech millionaire originally from New Jersey, settled a 1991 lawsuit with a former employee who accused Gianforte of firing him for having multiple sclerosis.
The details of the suit are harrowing. The former employee at Brightwork Development, Gianforte’s software company, won awards for his sales numbers after his diagnosis. Gianforte allegedly heard about the disease and summoned the employee to his office to ask probing questions about whether it was affecting his performance. A couple months later, the company fired the employee.
Now the Quist campaign is citing the suit as more evidence that Gianforte is out of touch with state residents.
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Montana Democrat Rob Quist, seen here campaigning, is attacking GOP opponent Greg Gianforte over
accusations of disability discrimination against a former employee.
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Republican Greg Gianforte, on the left.
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