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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Con praising Gianforte last night - Gianforte committed a crime
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10621159He was sentenced so the President is now praising criminals for beating up reporters. See the real MOB!
spanone
(135,872 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)The press is the enemy of the people
gademocrat7
(10,667 posts)Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)That's America right now.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Hmmmmmmm
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)For Trump, kind of thing.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)and attack the reporter or some other representative of the news agency.
Everything Trump says about the press is leading to it.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)And they think that's funny. Trump thinks it's funny.
mopinko
(70,206 posts)Check this out
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211296175
And Trump is upping the stakes with his refusal to outright condemn SA (that time has come and gone) and his cheering of an assault on a reporter.
Not to mention his latest talking point of Democrats being an angry mob bent on violence.
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)and having knocked him down. Fortunately a tape surfaced which proved what really happened. Trump probably admires Gianforte for reflexively lying and slandering someone else as a way of deflecting responsibility for his own criminal behavior.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/17/greg-gianforte-guardian-reporter-ben-jacobs-assault
"US congressman Greg Gianforte misled police after his assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in May, falsely stating that Jacobs had initiated physical contact and that the liberal media
is trying to make a story, according to the police incident report.
The records, made public on Friday, provide new details on the violent altercation that occurred on the eve of a special election to fill Montanas sole seat in the US House of Representatives. Jacobs had approached the then candidate at his Bozeman campaign headquarters to ask a question about the Republican healthcare bill when Gianforte threw him to the ground and punched him.
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Shortly after the assault, Gianfortes campaign spokesman, Shane Scanlon, placed the blame for the violent incident on Jacobs, releasing a statement that said the reporter grabbed Gregs wrist, and spun away from Greg, pushing them both to the ground.
Its unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer BBQ, Scanlon said.
That narrative was soon contradicted by audio of the incident captured by Jacobs, as well as the eyewitness accounts of a team of Fox News journalists. Jacobs decried the statement as defamatory, and Scanlon was condemned by the political press for lying about the incident."