So if the Guardian reporter had grabbed Gianforte by the neck and slammed him to the ground [View all]

[Augiedog]

would the result be a misdemeanor assault charge? Nah....a republican billionaire congressman? It would be a terrorist attack and the national guard would be mobilized. The reporter would be disappeared to Guantanamo, never to be seen or heard from again.

This behavior is what I call "right wing privilege", that being the perception that these pricks can do as they please, especially when they hold government positions that they see as their property. Think of the Orange Anus and his declaration that he could shoot someone in Times Square and suffer no consequences.