Montana Governor's Nonbinary Son Calls on Him to Reject Transgender Bills

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The governor’s son, David Gianforte, told The Montana Free Press that he met with his father in the Governor's office, and asked his father to not sign “immoral” bills pertaining to the L.G.B.T.Q. community.

“He talks about compassion for children, Montana’s youth, while at the same time taking health care away from Montana’s youth,” he said. “It’s basically a contradiction in my opinion.”

“He is concerned about his career. He has particular issues that he focuses on, such as jobs and the economy. And he’s aware that being able to stay in the position of governor is dependent on him staying in favor of the Republican Party,” David said. “And I believe that that affects his decisions on some of these bills.”

Long write up:
https://montanafreepress.org/2023/04/26/montana-governor-gianforte-lobbied-by-son-to-veto-trans-bills/

[niyad]

1. David, your dad is a bully, a bigot, a misogynist, and all-around ass.

[Celerity]

2. he is that violent thug who body-slammed, punched, and hospitalised a reporter too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gianforte#Election-eve_assault_on_journalist

On May 24, 2017, the day before the House special election, Ben Jacobs, a political reporter for The Guardian newspaper who was covering the election, reported to the Gallatin County, Montana Sheriff's Office that Gianforte had assaulted him at Gianforte's Bozeman campaign office after Jacobs asked him a question about health care policy. Jacobs said that Gianforte "body slammed" him to the floor and broke his glasses.Jacobs was hospitalized after the attack.

In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Gianforte made misleading statements to a Gallatin County Sheriff's Office sergeant who reported to Gianforte's campaign office to investigate Jacobs's complaint. Gianforte told the sergeant, "the liberal media is trying to make a story." In the hours after the assault, the Gianforte campaign issued a press release falsely blaming the reporter, claiming that Jacobs grabbed Gianforte's wrist and caused them both to fall to the ground. But an audio recording of the incident appeared to support Jacobs's statement, and other reporters who were present at the scene corroborated Jacobs's version of events. An eyewitness to the attack, Fox News reporter Alicia Acuna, testified that "Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground", then "began punching the man" and "yelling something to the effect of 'I'm sick and tired of this!'" Acuna said, "at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte, who left the area after giving statements to local sheriff's deputies." Another journalist who was an eyewitness to the assault, Alexis Levinson, tweeted that she "heard a giant crash and saw Ben's feet fly in the air as he hit the floor."

The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office cited Gianforte for misdemeanor assault. On August 25, 2017, he was briefly booked into jail, fingerprinted, and had his mugshot taken, after his legal team lost a bid to avoid that process. On October 10, 2017, Gianforte's mugshot was released publicly by a Gallatin County court order.

The Helena Independent Record editorial board rescinded its endorsement of Gianforte and noted that before the attack, Gianforte had encouraged his supporters to boycott certain newspapers, singled out a reporter in a room to point out that he was outnumbered, and joked about choking a news writer. Two other well-circulated Montana newspapers, the Billings Gazette, and the largest in the state, the Missoulian, also rescinded their endorsements of Gianforte. Speaker Paul Ryan and other members of Congress urged Gianforte to apologize.

[niyad]

4. Thank you for posting this. And the F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR** praised

him for it.

[2naSalit]

3. +1

100%.

[Zilli]

5. I would expect this thug to do what he has to do to retain his base.

His claim to power far outweighs his family.

[Grins]

6. "...(his) position of governor is dependent on him staying in favor of the Republican Party,"

Yup. Today's GOP.

They are afraid of their voters, and now their peers. More evidence Republican conservatives have a genuinely coherent worldview they want to see reflected - in its entirety! No exceptions, no compromising. Losing on any issue is enough to rouse their anger.