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24. "Any guy who can do a body slam -- he's my guy," Trump said to loud cheers.

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Trump Praises Gianforte for Physically Assaulting Reporter
‘Any guy who can do a body slam — he’s my guy,’ president says
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President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte for physically assaulting a reporter on the eve of a special election last year.

Addressing a rally in Missoula on his third trip to Montana this year, Trump at first only alluded to the 2017 incident. “Never wrestle him,” he said after calling Gianforte onstage.

But then the president went further.

“Any guy who can do a body slam — he’s my guy,” Trump said to loud cheers.

The president said he was overseas when he first heard about Gianforte’s altercation with Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs and the speculation that it could hurt Republican chances in the election for the open at-large seat.

“I know Montana pretty well, I think it might help him,” Trump recalled thinking. “And it did.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-praises-gianforte-physically-assaulting-reporter

Gianforte did win, but this incident did NOT help him. It happened literally hours before election day and many/most Montanans did not find out about it until after the vote. Gianforte won by a shockingly small margin - single digits in deep ruby red Montana. It was considered a dark harbinger for the coming midterms, and it was.


Edited to add: Trump doesn't know FUCK about Montana and he never will. This isn't the kind of place he likes to spend time in (apart from his pathetic attempt to unseat Tester). He wouldn't last a single day here. Put him on a trail alone and he would most certainly die.