Missoula, MN – President Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a “tough cookie” and saying he thinks it might have helped him win election in Montana.
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At a campaign rally in Missoula Thursday, Trump lauded Rep. Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for an attack on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs. The attack came a day before Gianforte won a 2017 special election to serve the remaining 18 months in the House term vacated by now-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
“Any guy that can do a body slam — he’s my kind of guy,” Trump said to cheers and laughter from the crowd. “He’s a great guy, tough cookie.”
His remarks praising Gianforte come amid an international furor over the apparent assassination of a Washington Post columnist, who, according to an account in Turkey’s Yeni Safak newspaper, allegedly had his fingers cut off and was decapitated inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago.
In the case of Gianforte, witnesses including members of a Fox News crew say Gianforte became enraged over what he perceived as biased coverage before body-slamming Jacobs, throwing him to the ground and punching him.
Gianforte initially misled investigators about what had happened, falsely claiming that Jacobs had grabbed him by the wrist and pulled both of them to the floor, according to documents released under a court order following requests from news agencies.
The president said he was in Rome with other world leaders when he heard about what had happened.
“And I said, oh, this is terrible. He’s going to lose the election,” Trump recalled. “And then I said, well, wait a minute. I know Montana pretty well. I think it might help him. And it did.”
Gianforte pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in June 2017 and said in an apology letter that he alone was responsible for the attack. He paid a $385 fine and completed 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management counseling. He also donated $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Trump referenced Gianforte again later in the rally when discussing former Vice President Joe Biden, who once said he would “beat the hell out of” Trump if they were in high school.
On Biden challenging him to a fight, Trump said, “He’d be down, faster than Greg would take him down.”
Gianforte, who attended the rally with the president, is up for re-election in November and faces former state legislator Kathleen Williams. The president’s next stop on his three-day trip out West is Arizona.
That’s your President, and your GOP rabosai…shep nachus!
There’s just no bottom to how low this National Embarrassment can sink. I don’t care about all of his “accomplishments” – Mussolini was famous for keeping the trains running on time.
Mussolini was also famous for being one of the most well known fascists.
Why is Biden promoting violence?
Oh he’s a democrat.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Luckily he did not cut him up in pieces. Reporters uncover the presidents lies, ignorance about international affairs and duplicity
aron
Ah, B”H what mazel we have with such a Tough President ..now were prouder than ever to be USA citizen! When we see such apikorsim like Anon 1, pauline , Hashomer, katean hador etc etc who always defend anti torah laws like metzitzeh, tznious on busses, shechita, miaskav zochor and hate our president (BY the way , you shkotzim who always bandi torah when it suits you ..too much to mention) do you know you have to speak with respect regarding a leader of a country (see what G_D told moshe rabbeinu to speak with respect to pharoh parshes shemos see rashi(ask your local ehrlicher yid who that is…huh, this you dont like , eh well there’s is no free speech in torah)..
Hashem yismor if that witch hillary wouldve won. anon 1&co; you and your communist party…remember,,, ‘jews’ like you braught the calamity of Communism’ that killed millions and millions , and tried to obliterae judaism , godliness on this earth..well young man it will not happen…the alternate to republicans is communism which is also vilent forceful take over , what your kind has prooven…eg..sanders in restaurant,, senaters, representitves etc cruz etc who are harrassed and threatened.
The most infamous floor brawl in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives erupted as Members debated the Kansas Territory’s pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution late into the night of February 5-6. Shortly before 2 a.m., Pennsylvania Republican Galusha Grow and South Carolina Democrat Laurence Keitt exchanged insults, then blows. “In an instant the House was in the greatest possible confusion,” the Congressional Globe reported. More than 30 Members joined the melee. Northern Republicans and Free Soilers joined ranks against Southern Democrats. Speaker James Orr, a South Carolina Democrat, gaveled furiously for order and then instructed Sergeant-at-Arms Adam J. Glossbrenner to arrest noncompliant Members. Wading into the “combatants,” Glossbrenner held the House Mace high to restore order. Wisconsin Republicans John “Bowie Knife” Potter and Cadwallader Washburn ripped the hairpiece from the head of William Barksdale, a Democrat from Mississippi. The melee dissolved into a chorus of laughs and jeers, but the sectional nature of the fight powerfully symbolized the nation’s divisions. When the House reconvened two days later, a coalition of Northern Republicans and Free Soilers n
Sanctimonious hypocrites:
How is this for headline:
Democrats praise man who drown pregnant woman in the river … (Kennedy)
He’s a termite
You got to fight fire with fire.
He is not different than the Antifa Nazi which the liberal media gives a free pass to.