Greg Gianforte reportedly body slams journalist the night before MT special election

[Edge-]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...guardian-repo/

A reporter for The Guardian newspaper accused Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate running in the special election for Montana’s at-large congressional seat, of body slamming him Wednesday at an event hours before voters were poised to go to the polls.

Ben Jacobs, a political reporter for the British news outlet, said on Twitter that Mr. Gianforte, who is running against Democrat Rob Quist, “just body slammed me and broke my glasses.”

Mr. Gianforte is locked in a tight race with Mr. Quist to replace Ryan Zinke, who vacated his spot in Congress to become President Trump’s secretary of the interior.

Another reporter, Alexis Levinson, a reporter for Buzzfeed, appeared to vouch for Mr. Jacobs’ account, saying she waited to Tweet the news because “I’m not sure I’ve seen anything like this before.”

“Ben Walked into a room where a local tv crew was set up for an interview with Gianforte,” she said. “All of a sudden I heard a giant crash and saw Ben’s feet fly in the air as he hit the floor.”

https://twitter.com/alexis_levinson/...22985086910464

Buzzfeed reporters account, and there's plenty of pictures of police/paramedics on the scene as well. Curious to see how this shakes out, because what a wild fucking scene the night before a special election.

[Orbitus]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...guardian-repo/



https://twitter.com/alexis_levinson/...22985086910464

Buzzfeed reporters account, and there's plenty of pictures of police/paramedics on the scene as well. Curious to see how this shakes out, because what a wild fucking scene the night before a special election.

So doesn't that pretty much guarantee that Quist wins? Because if the Republicans nominate an assaulter, they are going to guarantee that Gianforte gets removed from office for being in fucking jail.

[Edge-]

It's too bad there's no video, but it definitely sounds like he put his hands on him out of frustration with the media.

Apparently Guardian has video, it's supposed to be coming. I'm waiting to see it before judging for myself.

[Edge-]

The audio is bad enough...

Oh, is that out yet? I haven't had a chance to dig around too much yet but I'd be curious to give it a listen.

[Togashii]

Just taking the tRump agenda to the next step a bit early...

[Edge-]

I got the audio from clicking your links.

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/statu...35038749040640
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...?CMP=edit_2221

Hot damn, hadn't clicked through all of them yet. Holy shit.

Yeah, that sounds unquestionably like he fucking body slammed him. Wonder how election day will be with him likely arrested by the cops for assault, holy shit.

[Orbitus]

Hot damn, hadn't clicked through all of them yet. Holy shit.

Yeah, that sounds unquestionably like he fucking body slammed him. Wonder how election day will be with him likely arrested by the cops for assault, holy shit.

And I fucking hope so. I guarantee that he is going to jail and will enjoy a couple years in jail. There is no way he can get out of this one.

[Vanyali]

Shout-out to the guys at the end "you just have to leave". Yeah.. that's how you deal with it when your candidate just body-slammed a reporter.

[PACOX]

WTF is the GOP putting in their koolaid?

[Vanyali]

WTF is the GOP putting in their koolaid?

They're feeling a weee bit insecure about the fact that people know what they did with the CBO report and Trump in general.

[Togashii]

And I fucking hope so. I guarantee that he is going to jail and will enjoy a couple years in jail. There is no way he can get out of this one.

It's a rich Republican in Montana - he's not getting arrested. Heck, not even the local 6pm news covered it while it was on CNN. Not even a mention here - http://www.nbcmontana.com

[callipygoustp]

Hope there IS a video.

[Orbitus]

Hope there IS a video.

No video, but there is an audio recording.

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It's a rich Republican in Montana - he's not getting arrested. Heck, not even the local 6pm news covered it while it was on CNN. Not even a mention here - http://www.nbcmontana.com

If it doesn't get mention and he still gets votes tomorrow from stupid peope, I hope they enjoy wasting them as he gets arrested and taken to jail.

[KyleEverett]

If he doesn't lose tomorrow I'll be very sad. Also, sidenote, you'll want to edit the title. Montana's abbreviation is MT, MO is Missouri's.

[Slybak]

You know something? There are days when I am absolutely convinced that if I only had a little more motivation and far fewer scruples, I'd have been crowned emperor of the entire goddamned universe by now. Because the people currently running the show are unbelievable morons.

[announced]

ill reserve judgement till i see video, audio isn't enough being that it is buzzfeed and all.

[Heladys]

So they admit he assaulted him.

He's on Twitter, and it's fun to ask him about it.

[Togashii]

So they admit he assaulted him.

But muh self defense!! Lucky he didn't get shot, being Montana and all.

[King Shark]

So mad about the shitty ACHA and being asked about the CBO score...

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I'm waiting for the WWE to sign this guy.

He can't take a bump. And there won't be any room in the WWE for his type of gimmick if they ever decide to bring back the Hulkster.

[Edge-]

Welp, sheriffs office confirmed they're investigating the allegations of assault - https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/s...43790143361024