{"id":309673,"date":"2017-05-25T05:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T04:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/vote-for-rob-quist-who-didnt-assault-any-reporters-like-this-guy-just-did\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T05:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T04:45:39","slug":"vote-for-rob-quist-who-didnt-assault-any-reporters-like-this-guy-just-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/vote-for-rob-quist-who-didnt-assault-any-reporters-like-this-guy-just-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote For Rob Quist, Who Didn't Assault Any Reporters Like This Guy Just Did"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quist and Bernie toured the state. Getty photo<\/em><\/p>\n

Sign of the Ugly Trumpian Times: On Wednesday evening, hours before a Montana special election that was supposed<\/a> to be a GOP slam dunk but increasingly isn’t, GOP candidate and evidently short-fused tech billionaire Greg Gianforte body slammed <\/a>a Guardian reporter to the ground for daring to…umm…ask a question, after which Gianforte repeatedly screamed<\/a>, in audio <\/a>now available, “Get the hell out of here!” The incident came just before voting was set to begin in a closely watched election to replace Ryan Zinke, former GOP Congressman and now Interior Department head, in a red stronghold that, thanks to the criminal incompetence of the Trump regime, is now viewed as a battleground state.<\/p>\n

Gianforte, a right-wing<\/a>, racist,<\/a> anti-health care,<\/a> anti-science <\/a>Trump supporter<\/a> bolstered by robocalls from Pence and a visit from Donny Jr. and is eager to “work <\/a>with Donald Trump to drain the swamp and make America great again,” has been dubbed “just another rich guy trying to buy a political seat.” But he retained a dwindling single-digit lead against Democrat Rob Quist, a populist <\/a>folk-singer and first-time candidate – at least until Wednesday, when Gianforte reportedly decked The Guardian<\/em>‘s Ben Jacobs for asking him about health care. A longtime political reporter, Jacobs had earlier written<\/a> about Gianfore’s alleged financial ties – another one! – to Russia. After the sudden eruption heard in the audio, Jacobs called police and Gianforte fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Even as Jacobs was taken by ambulance to the hospital – his glasses were broken, his elbow was possibly broken, and he was shaken up – a statement<\/a> from the Gianforte campaign rushed to claim that Jacobs had “entered the office without permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in Greg’s face, and began asking badgering questions.” It went on to describe a scuffle that, online observers quickly noted <\/a>after listening to the audio, was an out-and-out lie. In classic twisted victim-blaming, the statement ended by condemning “this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist.”<\/p>\n

Approached by reporters after the assault incident, a cautious Quist declined<\/a> to comment. But we will. These people are low-life thugs<\/a>. All of ’em<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Via Common Dreams<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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