Republican candidate 'body-slams' Guardian reporter in Montana
Source: guardian
Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration
Audio of Greg Gianforte body-slamming Guardian US reporter Ben Jacobs
Julia Carrie Wong
@juliacarriew
Wednesday 24 May 2017 20.11 EDT
Last modified on Wednesday 24 May 2017 20.32 EDT
The Republican candidate for Montanas congressional seat slammed a Guardian reporter to the floor on the eve of the states special election, breaking his glasses and shouting, Get the hell out of here.
Ben Jacobs, a Guardian political reporter, was asking Greg Gianforte, a tech millionaire running for the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, about the Republican healthcare plan when the candidate allegedly body-slammed the reporter.
He took me to the ground, Jacobs said by phone from the back of an ambulance. This is the strangest thing that has ever happened to me in reporting on politics.
Jacobs subsequently reported the incident to the police. Gianfortes campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment...............
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/greg-gianforte-bodyslams-reporter-ben-jacobs-montana?CMP=edit_2221
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sandensea
(21,530 posts)And probably a Rapepublican as well.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)sandensea
(21,530 posts)Russian business ties (of course!).
riversedge
(69,727 posts)sandensea
(21,530 posts)Probably the tip of the iceberg.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)sandensea
(21,530 posts)We'll see how this plays out tomorrow.
niyad
(112,435 posts)sandensea
(21,530 posts)Even if half the votes are already in, here's hoping the voters take that Mussolini clone to task.
Thanks again!
riversedge
(69,727 posts)I sill try to find the statement
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Matthew Yglesias?Verified account @mattyglesias
Gianforte lost his shit over a question about the CBO score, if you want to know how confident Republicans feel about defending their bill.
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riversedge
(69,727 posts)meta and 2 others Retweeted
Kyle Griffin?Verified account @kylegriffin1 7m7 minutes ago
DCCC calls on Greg Gianforte to withdraw from the race.
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riversedge
(69,727 posts)Katy Tur and 1 other Retweeted
Bradd Jaffy?Verified account @BraddJaffy 9m9 minutes ago
Bradd Jaffy Retweeted Kyle Cheney
"Aggressive behavior" from @Bencjacobs? The audio directly contradicts what Gianforte claims happened in this statement.
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Kyle Cheney?Verified account @kyledcheney
Gianforte's statement:
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riversedge
(69,727 posts)riversedge
(69,727 posts)Muckmaker? @RealMuckmaker
Gianforte just issued a dog whistle as he is blaming the "liberal" he did not give a reasonable or accurate account of the #bodyslam
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Rocket Girl? @rocketgirlup 3m3 minutes ago
Replying to @RealMuckmaker @tammy_wesa
The audio tells a other story; the truth.
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🇺🇸🐶Kat Ross🐶🇺🇸? @offtobuycashews 11m11 minutes ago
Replying to @RealMuckmaker
@GregForMontana is absolutely despicable.
rpannier
(24,304 posts)What exactly have the police done about the complaint?
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Yashar and 3 others Retweeted
Gabriel Debenedetti?Verified account @gdebenedetti 14m14 minutes ago
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office now updates: "currently investigating allegations of an assault involving Greg Gianforte."
Purple Dinger
(8 posts)Aggravated assault too.
His campaign just died today.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Jennifer Epstein?Verified account @jeneps 16m16 minutes ago
Jennifer Epstein Retweeted Jennifer Epstein
Ben broke story about Gianforte having financial ties to sanctioned Russian companies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/greg-gianforte-republican-candidate-congress-russia-companies
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bluestarone
(16,722 posts)Trump will hire him!!!!!!!!
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Sam Stein?Verified account @samsteinhp 24m24 minutes ago
Sam Stein Retweeted Kyle Cheney
Luckily for Gianforte the job hes seeking involves no reporters ever shoving microphones into his face and demanding he answer questions
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elmac
(4,642 posts)and has a get out of jail free card. Fascists can get away with anything because fascists make the laws and fascists enforce the laws.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)buy the politicians and "public servants" that do.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)Link to tweet
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Joe Makielski? @joemakielski
Here's the audio of Montana GOP candidate Greg Gianforte assaulting a reporter from The Guardian.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)He should be toast now.
Maybe he can get a job working security at Mar-a-Lago.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)It's the sign of a REAL man that he doesn't take crap from some liberal reporter for a Brit publication! It's time we got a stand-up guy who'll kick that reporter's ass!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)zanana1
(6,085 posts)If he wins the election today, this country is lost.
riversedge
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House of Representatives
Greg Gianforte: Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate 'body slam' reporter
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/24/greg-gianforte-fox-news-team-witnesses-gop-house-candidate-body-slam-reporter.html
By Alicia Acuna
Published May 24, 2017
Fox News
FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena, Mont. Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday, May 25, 2017, to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty in Washington over President Donald Trump's agenda and his handling of the country's affairs. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File)
FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena, Mont. Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday, May 25, 2017, to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty in Washington over President Donald Trump's agenda and his handling of the country's affairs. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File) (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
The race to fill Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took a violent turn Wednesday, and a crew from the Fox News Channel, including myself, witnessed it firsthand.
As part of our preparation for a story about Thursday's special election to air on "Special Report with Bret Baier," we arranged interviews with the top two candidates, Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist. On Wednesday, I joined field producer Faith Mangan and photographer Keith Railey in Bozeman for our scheduled interview with Gianforte, which was to take place at the Gianforte for Congress Bozeman Headquarters.
Faith, Keith and I arrived early to set up for the interview in a room adjacent to another room where a volunteer BBQ was to take place. As the time for the interview neared, Gianforte came into the room. We exchanged pleasantries and made small talk about restaurants and Bozeman.
During that conversation, another man who we now know is Ben Jacobs of The Guardian walked into the room with a voice recorder, put it up to Gianforte's face and began asking if him if he had a response to the newly released Congressional Budget Office report on the American Health Care Act. Gianforte told him he would get to him later. Jacobs persisted with his question. Gianforte told him to talk to his press guy, Shane Scanlon.
At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the man, as he moved on top the reporter and began yelling something to the effect of "I'm sick and tired of this!".................................................
3 witnesses from Fox confirm that Gianforte assaulted Jacobs and did not see Jacobs "show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte"
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riversedge
(69,727 posts)#TheResistance
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Henry Kraemer? @HenryKraemer 2h2 hours ago
Montana politico friend tells me that canvassers are now playing audio of the Gianforte assault on the doors. People changing votes. #mtal
mucifer
(23,374 posts)SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)And not just Republicans. There are a lot "he-men" in Montana, and this cretin's boorish behavior would fit right in with their personas. I don't think it will have much effect, if any, in the election results, unfortunately.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)This by Fox reporter. The article goes into the events in detail.
Gianforte belongs in jail.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)(Nothing like attacking an international journalist while running for office.)
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Stuart G
(38,365 posts)inwiththenew
(972 posts)Maybe he can give The People's Elbow to a reporter.
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)violent attack against a Journalists question will increase Republican turnout.