The simple question that needs to be asked is, “Would it help *other* Republican candidates to body slam annoying leftist reporters?”
By all accounts these annoying leftist reporters are biased, hateful, acting as operatives for the Democrat party, actively lie and distort the truth, and are fawning sycophants and lickspittles who uncritically support anyone who will attack or criticize the Republicans and conservatives.
Acting true to form, he crashed a private party and otherwise behaved like an assassin, except for using a recorder instead of a knife or gun.
Importantly, the public itself abhors the prejudiced, crude and repulsive behavior of the MSM, which is why they are so consistently looked at with derision or even revulsion.
This being said, the only remaining question is should the candidate *themselves* body slam the reporter, or should they subcontract this service to their bodyguards and other security?
Stuff like this is always better handled at 4:00 AM
That is a knotty question. Easier to justify bodyguards decking someone who got too close, entered a private area without permission or was physically aggressive. That is security doing their job. But the appeal of a candidate taking out the trash...