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RoboPlato · May 25, 2017

Greg Gianforte is the Republican Candidate trying to defend his seat in the upcoming special election. Ben Jacobs is a political reporter for The Guardian

Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/867517225820966912

There was a local TV crew there when Gianforte body slammed me. Audio is posting soon at @GuardianUS

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/867519689252929540

Audio of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhoH4v8xYlU

Worth noting that Ben Jacobs is the reporter who broke news of Gianforte having $250,000 in Russian index funds

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...epublican-candidate-congress-russia-companies

Black Mamba · May 25, 2017

MAY SURPRISE!

Lunar15 · May 25, 2017

It's official: politics is now as ridiculous as wrestling.

ascii42 · May 25, 2017

By upcoming you mean, literally tomorrow.

gdt · May 25, 2017

Hey this guy and his opponent were on Vice News Tonight on HBO a few weeks ago!

Crazy.

nintendoman58 · May 25, 2017

Holy shit.

Wet Bloodfart · May 25, 2017

Oh boy. Don't think this will change anything but man

rtcn63 · May 25, 2017

Lunar15 said:
It's official: politics is now as ridiculous as wrestling.

I mean, it seemed to work well for the current President

Crayons · May 25, 2017

Lunar15 said:
It's official: politics is now as ridiculous as wrestling.

Dont say that about wrestling

Ogodei · May 25, 2017

BoldMoveCotton.jpg

Although literally assaulting a member of the press might be a good way to encourage Republican turnout these days, so...

Geist- · May 25, 2017

Black Mamba said:
MAY SURPRISE!

Dynomutt · May 25, 2017

Politics is real right now. He punched his ticket! Talk about being hands on with constituents and fighting for what you believe in. Literally.

BrutishMrFish · May 25, 2017

His base will probably love it.

BanGy.nz · May 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/wabermes/status/867518942939664384

Whitney Bermes (@wabermes)
Jacobs reported this to #Bozeman police. Just heard it come over the scanner.

Wilsongt · May 25, 2017

I guess that means he's gonna keep his seat!

Congrats to him!

BY2K · May 25, 2017

Far Cry 5 Viral Marketing?

Joking.

sunshine and gasoline · May 25, 2017

Truly the type of strong leadership Montana needs.

balladofwindfishes · May 25, 2017

Nice stunt to pull 24 hours before an election that polling has you only up by low single digits!

BlazinSkatinAxel · May 25, 2017

Can't win if you are in jail, right?

Anno · May 25, 2017

Gotta rally that base for tomorrow somehow.

kess · May 25, 2017

Wilsongt said:
I guess that means he's gonna keep his seat!

Congrats to him!

Until he gets convicted of assault, dead to rights.

Even Donald Trump isn't this stupid.

gutter_trash · May 25, 2017

we are back in the 19th Century, use of canes and beat downs

Pastry · May 25, 2017

So pressing charges right before the election? 😂 Please do

Lord Frieza · May 25, 2017

Wet Bloodfart said:
Oh boy. Don't think this will change anything but man

I don't know. If there's anything that could change something last minute it might be a story like this. I mean, slapping a reporter or pushing is maybe something you could wave off, but goddamn body slamming in a public place? I mean, the fuck?

maabus1999 · May 25, 2017

More Ubisoft viral marketing I see...

Hopefully caught on video. Don't need to change a lot of folks minds in MT to change several %. Just get Missoula out yo vote too...

Ithil · May 25, 2017

The election day is tomorrow by the way, and polling has him only ahead by a few points. Montana's Representative might be wearing a cowboy hat.

L Thammy · May 25, 2017

Lunar15 said:
It's official: politics is now as ridiculous as wrestling.

It's nice that they label the heels and faces so that everyone can tell them apart.

Makonero · May 25, 2017

Wait I thought if you physically attacked the press you got a job at CNN?

TheCochese · May 25, 2017

Montana seems like it would be supportive of this behavior, but I could be talking out of my ass.

Lord Frieza · May 25, 2017

balladofwindfishes said:
Nice stunt to pull 24 hours before an election that polling has you only up by low single digits!

Polling in this election has shown it super close, too. They've basically been tied for weeks outside a 1 or 2 point difference between the two.

Ric Flair · May 25, 2017

If he presses charges that guys political career is over.

mcfrank · May 25, 2017

Lord Frieza said:
Polling in this election has shown it super close, too. They've basically been tied for weeks outside a 1 or 2 point difference between the two.

Nah that is the Georgia race. The Montana race has barely had any polling and it has been all over the place.

Ithil · May 25, 2017

BrutishMrFish said:
His base will probably love it.

Gianforte doesn't have a base. He's getting by solely by having an R in Montana and the GOP sinking millions and millions into this race. Even then he's only mildly ahead of Quist in the polling, he has no kind of commanding lead.

sangreal · May 25, 2017

Makonero said:
Wait I thought if you physically attacked the press you got a job at CNN?

and if that doesn't pan out, there is always the white house

ShironRedshift · May 25, 2017

Definitely not the type of thing you want to be doing in a tight election. Going to be interesting to see how this pans out tomorrow, especially this is an election that has no reason to be as close as its projected to be to begin with.

Htown · May 25, 2017

balladofwindfishes said:
Nice stunt to pull 24 hours before an election that polling has you only up by low single digits!

Knowing America nowadays, he'll probably gain votes, not lose them.

RootCause · May 25, 2017

Please, press charges.

fade_ · May 25, 2017

Ric Flair said:
If he presses charges that guys political career is over.

Post-trump it wins him the election.

ZeoVGM · May 25, 2017

Please let there be video. Please let there be video.

whyamihere · May 25, 2017

LOCK HIM UP!

Lord Frieza · May 25, 2017

TheCochese said:
Montana seems like it would be supportive of this behavior, but I could be talking out of my ass.

I don't know much about Montana, but I know this guy has been pretty tepidly received and part of the reason the race has been so close. And his opponent is well liked, even by GOP voters apparently.

Ogodei · May 25, 2017

Lord Frieza said:
Polling in this election has shown it super close, too. They've basically been tied for weeks outside a 1 or 2 point difference between the two.

The enthusiasm is in Quist's favor even though the numbers are tight. If this makes 1,000 Republicans stay home tomorrow, it could be fatal.

Nobility · May 25, 2017

Republicans are out of control.

This isn't a wrestling shoot...or is it, I'm just plain confused now.

super-heated plasma · May 25, 2017

Lord Frieza said:
Polling in this election has shown it super close, too. They've basically been tied for weeks outside a 1 or 2 point difference between the two.

Not really. I just read a new story today that the gap is double digits again. Dems should not get their hopes up.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/montanas-strange-evolving-special-election.html

PlayALLtheGames · May 25, 2017

Lunar15 said:
It's official: politics is now as ridiculous as wrestling.

It's not politics; it's right-wingers.

mcfrank · May 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/alexis_levinson

She is Tweeting what happened as a witness

Lord Frieza · May 25, 2017

mcfrank said:
Nah that is the Georgia race. The Montana race has barely had any polling and it has been all over the place.

No, I'm talking about the Montana one. I've been following both. And there's been a lot of polling. Not sure what you're talking about

Duxxy3 · May 25, 2017

This footage just in

chekhonte · May 25, 2017

definitely subscribing to this thread.

ascii42 · May 25, 2017

Lord Frieza said:
I don't know much about Montana, but I know this guy has been pretty tepidly received and part of the reason the race has been so close. And his opponent is well liked, even by GOP voters apparently.

I don't know much about Montana either, but if you asked me to picture what a representative from Montana might look like, I'd probably picture Rob Quist:

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