Republican candidate 'body-slams' Guardian reporter in Montana

[catfish1957]

He better lock up his daughters, lock up the wife.

So lock up your daughter
Lock up your wife
Lock up your back door
And run for your life
The man is back in town
So don't you mess me 'round

'Cause he's T.N.T. he's dynamite
(T.N.T.) and he'll win the fight
(T.N.T.) He's a power load
(T.N.T.) watch him explode

[bigheadfred]

I hear John Kasich is getting involved over the mailman issue.

OMG! OMG! This has all the makings of another smash episode of "Who's Your Daddy?"

I'm on the edge of my seat. No...I'm running for the door. It just started raining like hell and the wife's car windows are down...

[roamer_1]

There has been a couple of times when I have seen someone hit so hard he was spun around,and when he finished the circle he was smiling and laughing,like a child that had just been woken up on Christmas morning by Santa himself. You are in a HEEP of bleeping trouble when you discover too late you just decided to pick a fight with one of those guys,and you just can't tell by looking.

Me. Berserkergang.

[Hoodat]

In Texas we have ways with dealing with that kind of sh__.

In Pawtucket too.

[LateForLunch]

Just for the record, of the two people in the photos above, which looks more like someone who might body slam someone who was being insufferably obnoxious, and which looks more like someone who would provoke someone to body slam them?

[Emjay]

Montana may have a small population ... I think Frank estimates it at 22, but this is a good Republican win.

The Democrats are playing up all these elections, putting money into them and hoping to use them as an example that They are Coming Back.

I don't want them to get the idea that they are coming back.  They are claiming that disgust about Trump is going to hand them the House and the Senate.

In spite of the Infamous tussle, it wasn't that close.  So congrats, Rep. Body Slammer.

[XenaLee]

Just for the record, of the two people in the photos above, which looks more like someone who might body slam someone who was being insufferably obnoxious, and which looks more like someone who would provoke someone to body slam them?

Hey look!  Pajama Boy grew a beard!!!

[DCPatriot]

Montana may have a small population ... I think Frank estimates it at 22, but this is a good Republican win.

The Democrats are playing up all these elections, putting money into them and hoping to use them as an example that They are Coming Back.

I don't want them to get the idea that they are coming back.  They are claiming that disgust about Trump is going to hand them the House and the Senate.

In spite of the Infamous tussle, it wasn't that close.  So congrats, Rep. Body Slammer.

In the meantime, President Trump's secret 'weapon', ... Melania Trump is wowing not only the nation, but the world.

And in this shallow culture...that could be a 'Doomsday Weapon', come 2018 and 2020. 

[DiogenesLamp]

That guy isn't John Wayne, lol.  He's just an out of control nut.

That's Congressman "Nut"  to you. 

[dfwgator]

In the meantime, President Trump's secret 'weapon', ... Melania Trump is wowing not only the nation, but the world.

 

"Let's all hear it for the Rainbow Tour..."

[bigheadfred]

That's Congressman "Nut"  to you.

He should be a huge smash on Capitol Hill.

[Hoodat]

That's Congressman "Nut"  to you.

Nicely done.   

[dfwgator]

Just for the record, of the two people in the photos above, which looks more like someone who might body slam someone who was being insufferably obnoxious, and which looks more like someone who would provoke someone to body slam them?

Jacobs is an Antifa activist disguised as a journalist.

[DiogenesLamp]

@kevindavis

Pffft, I come from redneck central Virginia.  This is farming country, and I'm surrounded by rednecks, and I consider that a good thing. I don't know any man who would behave like Gianforte over a question.

It's annoying to see you keep repeating that.   That is the story the troublemaker spewed.  I've read an account from another person that said this @$$hole reporter barged into an office and interrupted a private interview with another reporter,  shoved his phone (configured to record)  in the guy's face,  and demanded he answer a question about the health care bill.   Gianforte reached to grab the phone at which time this "reporter"  grabbed him by the wrist  (Legal assault right there)   and then Gianforte got up to push him back and both men fell to the ground.   


Now I don't know if that story is true,  but it comes from another person who claims to have witnessed the event,   and if it is true,  the reporter assaulted the Congressman first. 


You put your hands on me,  and you are fair game  the way I see it.   I think a lot of people see it that way too. 


Stop repeating the enemy version of events without giving the guy on our side a chance to respond or present evidence. 

[DiogenesLamp]

Of course, because most don't. You are taking a hostile reporter with an agenda to throw an election at face value and disregarding any evidence or common sense to the contrary.

Thank you.   Same point I just made.   

[DiogenesLamp]

Sort of similiar:

31e. Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp

I've read what Sumner said.   He deserved a beating.  Maybe not one as hard as he got,  but he certainly deserved to be beaten badly. 

[dfwgator]

I've read what Sumner said.   He deserved a beating.  Maybe not one as hard as he got,  but he certainly deserved to be beaten badly.

Well looky-here

[bigheadfred]

My opinion of news reporters is pretty low. So it isn't a question of whether they should be beaten. Only for how long and how much.

[DiogenesLamp]

This was one of the most piss poor choices we have had in a long time..a bored millionaire trying to get elected to office, any office, and a aging flower child...

I wrote in Mickey Mouse as that's what the election turned out to be...

This bugs me.  You and the other guy in Montana are not thinking strategically.   (Or you just don't care about the larger picture.) 


A lot of Democrat organizations are working to pick up all these elections around the country to create the impression that the Nation is rebuking the voters who elected Trump.    It's a propaganda effort that is backed by the big money donors of the Democrat party,   and for that reason alone it should be torpedoed if possible.   


Whatever is the Democrat/Media effort,  it needs to be opposed.   We should be part of the larger strategy to break their grip on Washington,  and everyone who has an opportunity to affect it,  should.   


Not that it mattered to the outcome,   but you threw away an opportunity to help just a teeny bit.   

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I've read what Sumner said.   He deserved a beating.  Maybe not one as hard as he got,  but he certainly deserved to be beaten badly.

As if we need another reminder that you are the biggest kook in here.

[DCPatriot]

This bugs me.  You and the other guy in Montana are not thinking strategically.   (Or you just don't care about the larger picture.) 


A lot of Democrat organizations are working to pick up all these elections around the country to create the impression that the Nation is rebuking the voters who elected Trump.    It's a propaganda effort that is backed by the big money donors of the Democrat party,   and for that reason alone it should be torpedoed if possible.   


Whatever is the Democrat/Media effort,  it needs to be opposed.   We should be part of the larger strategy to break their grip on Washington,  and everyone who has an opportunity to affect it,  should.   


Not that it mattered to the outcome,   but you threw away an opportunity to help just a teeny bit.

Great post, @DiogenesLamp

[DiogenesLamp]

He should be a huge smash on Capitol Hill.

As I said before,  the prospect of someone body slamming their fellow congressmen and obnoxious reporters in Washington D.C.   does not bother me greatly. 

[DiogenesLamp]

Nicely done.   

:)

[Emjay]

This bugs me.  You and the other guy in Montana are not thinking strategically.   (Or you just don't care about the larger picture.) 


A lot of Democrat organizations are working to pick up all these elections around the country to create the impression that the Nation is rebuking the voters who elected Trump.    It's a propaganda effort that is backed by the big money donors of the Democrat party,   and for that reason alone it should be torpedoed if possible.   


Whatever is the Democrat/Media effort,  it needs to be opposed.   We should be part of the larger strategy to break their grip on Washington,  and everyone who has an opportunity to affect it,  should.   


Not that it mattered to the outcome,   but you threw away an opportunity to help just a teeny bit.

What you said !!!!

[DiogenesLamp]

Jacobs is an Antifa activist disguised as a journalist.

Over at the other site I had read someone claiming that this guy "Jacobs"  was a known Democrat agitator from Ohio,  and that he was well known to stage events to create bad publicity for Republican candidates. 


The person didn't cite any sources on this,  so I kept reading various comments,  but saw no more reference to this claim.   


Does anyone know if this is true?