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Republican candidate 'body-slams' Guardian reporter in Montana

vesper said:
If you count Twitter as being a wingnut site. Several folks were wondering when it would be that Jacobs got the crap knocked out of him over his irritating disrespectful style. I guess the Republican had an encounter with him the day before and told Jacobs to get lost but he showed up the next day and shoved his recorder in the candidate's face and started rattling off a bunch of questions.

That still doesn't make it any less wrong in the way the Republican handled it. But those who are already peeved with the media it probably isn't going to phase them in how they vote.
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God forbid a candidate gets asked questions (that he's continued to dodge) regarding policies that will directly affect the people he purports to want to represent. It's every bit as obnoxious to refuse to answer legitimate questions (that he knows his position on) because he knows said answers will cost him votes. Well Gianfortes latest reason for dodging came to pass, the CBO analysis, so he got asked again. And Jacobs didn't interrupt another interview in process, they were setting up at the time.

Gianforte has been hostile and threatening to press in the past, he finally lost it and showed his true colors.
 
Rogue Valley said:
If GOP congressional candidates have to assault reporters rather than answer questions about Trumpcare, maybe they ought to rethink Trumpcare.
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HOW could they possibly do that since they have no brains?
 
vesper said:
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Unfortunately a lot of the people chose before this happened, our secretary of state has been getting calls from people wanting to change their vote... too bad so sad.
 
nota bene said:
Sure I do. Each one of us is responsible for his or her behavior.
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No, you don't. You seem to think that personal responsibility makes it so that behaviors are never influenced by ideologies. History is full of evidence disproving that laughable assertion.

Personal responsibility is wholly compatible with ideological influence.
 
faithful_servant said:
Nice job of broad-brushing... Maybe next time you'll point out a black kid attacking a white kid and claim that all blacks are violent thugs.
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That's okay, Republicans have that covered.
 
vesper said:
If you count Twitter as being a wingnut site. Several folks were wondering when it would be that Jacobs got the crap knocked out of him over his irritating disrespectful style. I guess the Republican had an encounter with him the day before and told Jacobs to get lost but he showed up the next day and shoved his recorder in the candidate's face and started rattling off a bunch of questions.
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But you've just described a political reporter's JOB. It's what they get paid to do.

That still doesn't make it any less wrong in the way the Republican handled it. But those who are already peeved with the media it probably isn't going to phase them in how they vote.
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That might be true, but I believe the VAST majority of reasonable people in both parties recognize assault isn't an acceptable response to an annoying reporter, which is why the campaign issued an outright lie about what happened, and blamed it on the "liberal" reporter. That's as bad as the assault in my view.
 
A spokesperson for Pence says they "aren't going to comment" on whether Pence still stands by his endorsement for Gianforte.

Marco Rubio, asked about a Republican candidate beating up a reporter unprovoked, said, "I prefer not to comment on things said in the media. I don't know. It's a thing that he did."

(Okay, I made up that second part, but by the time we do get a statement from him it'll sound a lot like that).
 
Winchester said:
Unfortunately a lot of the people chose before this happened, our secretary of state has been getting calls from people wanting to change their vote... too bad so sad.
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The good news is that mail in ballots will likely favor democrats....


"...the state's Republican party, Rep. Jeff Essmann, warned earlier this year that conducting voting by mail could make it easier for Democratic voters to cast ballots and hurt his party's chance of holding a congressional seat occupied by Republicans for two decades."

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...vernor-uses-veto-pen-to-push-mail-only-voting​


I hope he's right.
 
Winchester said:
God forbid a candidate gets asked questions (that he's continued to dodge) regarding policies that will directly affect the people he purports to want to represent. It's every bit as obnoxious to refuse to answer legitimate questions (that he knows his position on) because he knows said answers will cost him votes. Well Gianfortes latest reason for dodging came to pass, the CBO analysis, so he got asked again. And Jacobs didn't interrupt another interview in process, they were setting up at the time.

Gianforte has been hostile and threatening to press in the past, he finally lost it and showed his true colors.
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Do you have any examples of how Gianforte has been hostile to the press before? Have there been any other physical altercations?
By "losing it" he certainly showed a character flaw.
This election has had a lot of money poured into it from outside sources. It has been really ugly and contentious.

The first round of early elections turned out to be real disappointments for the Democrats. They have been hoping for a big win and have placed a lot on the race in Georgia and Montana.
 
Unfortunately, if he does win, there isn't much anyone can do about it. Even if they vote to exclude him, he will likely get it overturned in court. If they even try to exclude him.

I bet Trump loves this guy, I see a high level appointment coming his way in the future.
 
Is it just me, or is the right get logarithmically nuttier every year?
 
Winchester said:
Unfortunately a lot of the people chose before this happened, our secretary of state has been getting calls from people wanting to change their vote... too bad so sad.
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This is a special election so won't the people have another chance to vote in 2018? And don't be surprised if another Republican challenges Gianforte for the seat.
 
vesper said:
Do you have any examples of how Gianforte has been hostile to the press before? Have there been any other physical altercations?
By "losing it" he certainly showed a character flaw.
This election has had a lot of money poured into it from outside sources. It has been really ugly and contentious.

The first round of early elections turned out to be real disappointments for the Democrats. They have been hoping for a big win and have placed a lot on the race in Georgia and Montana.
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I do, but of course his comments "were just a joke".

Missoulian editorial: Gianforte, we're not the enemy | Editorial | missoulian.com
 
If he wins it just establishes, definitively, that the right will vote for anybody as long as there is an R in front of their name. Thug or otherwise if he or she is up against a democrat that person has their votes hook, line, and sinker. It's so desperately tribal at this point. Just poop slinging with no real regard.

Reminder, this isn't a unique occurrence either -
 
vesper said:
This is a special election so won't the people have another chance to vote in 2018? And don't be surprised if another Republican challenges Gianforte for the seat.
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I'd be dumbfounded if Gianforte runs again after yesterday even if he wins today which I suspect he will. I'm kinda actually hoping for it because I can hardly wait for the headlines "newest republican congressman arraigned on assault charges"... great optics. I'd like to have a do over on both candidates.
 
Zinthaniel said:
If he wins it just establishes, definitively, that the right will vote for anybody as long as there is an R in front of their name. Thug or otherwise if he or she is up against a democrat that person has their votes hook, line, and sinker. It's so desperately tribal at this point. Just poop slinging with no real regard.

Reminder, this isn't a unique occurrence either -
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If he wins it shows that the Dems can't field credible candidates.
 
Zinthaniel said:
If he wins it just establishes, definitively, that the right will vote for anybody as long as there is an R in front of their name. Thug or otherwise if he or she is up against a democrat that person has their votes hook, line, and sinker. It's so desperately tribal at this point. Just poop slinging with no real regard.
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No it won't establish anything, had it happened before the majority of people voted, I'd agree.
 
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