Holy Shit

[mnmoderatedem]

Gianforte campaign just issued a statement blaming the reporter.

Do they realize there is audio?

[mnmoderatedem]

1. claimed the reporter grabbed Gianforte's wrist

and dragged them both to the ground.

GOP gets more and more shameless every day.

[Phoenix61]

2. What?!?! He asked to be body slammed?

and please, break my glasses while you're at it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. There is a huge size difference.

[Doreen]

4. Didn't Hays say that the campaign people say Gianforte asked him to get the phone out of his face

twice? I have heard the audio several times and NEVER heard him asking to get anything out of his face.

[mnmoderatedem]

6. the most the campaign staffers said was refer the question elsewhere

no, nothing in the audio backs up the statement they are making

[Doreen]

8. They are just like trump.

Even when there is recorded or filmed proof they also lie and come up with something different.

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. Audio and witnesses. What a psycho idiot.

[jesskirablue42]

7. the same kind of argument

that says a rape victim was asking for it

[applegrove]

9. "I am sick and tired of you guys.....the last guy tried the same thing"

is his split second excuse for assault. Because there were multiple witnesses. Saw the events around a stabbing years ago. Perp also had an excuse for why he sliced a woman's cheek. There were multiple witnesses then too.

[sharedvalues]

10. This is a classic autocrat/Russia move.

Blame your opponent for EXACTLY what you did.


Hence Ergodan blaming protestors.
Hence all 45's tweets, on golf and corruption and self dealing - that is all what he did or is doing.

[Amaryllis]

11. FActs irrelevant to them. The new normal.

[dalton99a]

12. "The Truth Is What People Will Believe."

- Roger Ailes

[hamsterjill]

13. I don't care if the reporter DID grab Gianforte's wrist (which he didn't).

The response from Gianforte is still way overboard for ANYTHING that the reporter may have done.

This is an issue with a man who cannot control his anger. He can't contain himself. He has no business being in any type of leadership position. He needs anger management - after he faces assault and battery charges.

Mostly, he needs to slink back under the rock from which he came out and never be heard from again.