JustAnotherAustinOwl
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Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this wasn't the best plan the day before the election:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/24/media/mo...index.html
Lest anyone declare this fake news, it's the *Fox News* reporters that are backing up the body slammed reporter's story.
"Fox News: Reporter didn't show physical aggression
Late Wednesday, Fox News correspondent Alicia Acuna reported that she and her crew witnessed the incident and saw Gianforte grab Jacobs "by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him."
"To be clear, at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte," Acuna wrote.
Jacobs was transferred to the Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital where he underwent x-rays on his elbow, according to his account of the story."
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
So if he wins and subsequently is pressured to resign, will they need to have another special election?
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05-25-2017 02:56 PM |
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
(05-25-2017 07:38 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: He is going to get the deplorables vote, 70-30.. Republicans love fightin'.
And he ended up winning 50-44.
I think that what he did is absolutely abhorrent - assaulting a reporter for asking a question. I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that he still had enough support to win.
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05-26-2017 04:22 AM |
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
I haven't seen the vote breakdown but there is a chance that he got enough early voting to win before the incident. The fact that a GOP candidate is only winning by 7 percent against a nutjob Democratic candidate in Montana can't be very encouraging for the GOP (although Montana does currently have a Democratic senator so the state seems to vote a bit independently at times and can't be the reddest of states).
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05-26-2017 06:20 AM |
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
(05-26-2017 04:22 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote: (05-25-2017 07:38 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: He is going to get the deplorables vote, 70-30.. Republicans love fightin'.
And he ended up winning 50-44.
I think that what he did is absolutely abhorrent - assaulting a reporter for asking a question. I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that he still had enough support to win.
Not just the physical assault, but the anger in his voice. He lost it.
He still has a court appearance before Congress reconvenes and he can be sworn in.
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05-26-2017 07:55 AM |
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JustAnotherAustinOwl
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RE: Montana GOP candidate charged with assault on reporter
(05-26-2017 07:55 AM)JSA Wrote: (05-26-2017 04:22 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote: (05-25-2017 07:38 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: He is going to get the deplorables vote, 70-30.. Republicans love fightin'.
And he ended up winning 50-44.
I think that what he did is absolutely abhorrent - assaulting a reporter for asking a question. I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that he still had enough support to win.
Not just the physical assault, but the anger in his voice. He lost it.
He still has a court appearance before Congress reconvenes and he can be sworn in.
And it wasn't like the reporter was hounding him about false rumors about his personal life - it was about the CBO score on the AHCA.
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05-26-2017 11:07 AM |
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