Updated: GOP Candidate Body Slams Reporter, but THAT’S Not the News
UPDATE: Fox News has released the audio of the assault.
File in the You Just Can’t Make This Up Department
On the eve of a special election in Montana to fill the congressional seat vacated by newly installed secretary of Interior, Ryan Zinke, GOP candidate and wannabe WWF champion Greg Gianforte body slammed a Guardian reporter. That’s not really news, of course, since many Republicans are known the be knuckledragging, ignorant thugs. The NEWS here is that there was a Fox News crew present, and they actually corroborated the story resulting in assault charges against Gianforte.
The whole scene occurred at Gianforte’s Bozeman campaign office and Fox was there to interview him for a segment on Bret Baier’s show scheduled for Thursday. While setting up, Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian, walked in and started asking Gianforte about his view on the GOP bill that strips health insurance from 23 million Americans. Gianforte refused to answer, and when Jacobs persisted, he grabbed the reporter by the neck and body slammed him, got on top of him and started pummeling him yelling “I’m sick and tired of this!”
Apparently, the incident was so egregious that the local sheriff, who is a Gianforte supporter, had to enforce the law and charged him with assault. Now, I have no illusions that this criminal won’t still be supported by GOP voters. Being immune to facts, they’ll vote for Gianforte, anyway, and he’ll likely be sworn in from a jail cell.
Wouldn’t it just be “loverly” if Fox had film of that encounter? Even if they did, I’m pretty sure that Trump supporters no longer care at all about civilization. I guess it’s every man (or woman) for himself, and the hell with everybody else. ITMFA!
1ITMFA! Got my button, have given a bunch away. Gianforte is a thug, corrupt and evil. When will the Republican sheep wake the hell up and stop killing themselves?
2Far from being shockingly violent behavior, Gianforte’s body slam is exactly what the Trumpians clamor for. It may even help to push him over the finish line. it’s Bizarro World in America.
3Whatta ya wanna bet he’s elected by a landslide?
(sigh) my poor country.
4I’m just glad that it was a Fox News team that witnessed it. You know they wouldn’t believe anybody else.
5Um…quick question…what does ITMFA stand for?
6It’s gotta be bad when even Fox reporters can’t spin it.
7Impeach the Mo Fo Already!!
8Props to Fox News (never thought I’d say that, ever), and the sheriff for doing the right thing. Not that I think it will help, although I hope I’m underestimating the decency of the citizens of Montana. Trump’s election has encouraged a lot of nasty critters to crawl out from under their rocks.
9When my kids were little and did a hissy fit like Gianforte did, they were smart enough to lay flat out on the GROUND, pounding it, kicking it and screaming. Apparently Gianforte entirely missed that part of his childhood and is now making up for lost time.
10And so Flush Rimjob responds:
“In Montana — ladies and gentlemen, I must do something,” Limbaugh said. “I must join the chorus of people condemning what happened out there. This manly, obviously studly Republican candidate in Montana took the occasion to beat up a pajama-clad journalist, a Pajama Boy journalist out there.”
“The story is he grabbed his neck and threw the guy to the ground because the journalist was being insolent and disrespectful and whiny and moany and accusatory,” he explained. “And the manly, studly Republican simply didn’t realize that on the big stage you can’t do this kind of stuff and kicked the guy’s ass to the ground. This cannot be accepted. This must be condemned. I wonder how many people in Montana are now gonna vote for the guy, though?”
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The ones *not* voting for him are the ones that have a conscience…