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Gianforte Taps Out Quist In Montana Special Election
washingtontimes.com ^ | May 25, 2017

Posted on 05/25/2017 9:57:39 PM PDT by Helicondelta

Republican Greg Gianforte muscled his way to victory in Montana, overcoming a challenge from Democrat Rob Quist and an election-eve scuffle with a reporter that led to criminal charges being filed against him.

With 83 percent of the precincts counted, Mr. Gianforte led Mr. Quist by a 50.3 percent to 43.9 percent margin. Libertarian Mark Wicks had 5.8 percent of the vote.

Undefeated in this year’s special congressional races after the election of President Trump, Republicans will now hold a 239-193 majority in the House.

During the campaign, Mr. Gianforte embraced Mr. Trump, who won the state by more than 20 percentage points in the November election.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: election; gianforte; montana; mt2017
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To: DIRTYSECRET
"A good win-not big. I would have liked to have seen a younger manly-man or a looker female. That congressional seat should be a stepping stone to the senate and this guy is too foliclly challenged + old."

That sort of thing might matter in the beltway, or in hollywood...but it doesn't play in Montana.

21 posted on 05/25/2017 10:37:30 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Helicondelta

Rare image of Greg Gianforte helping a reporter to the nearest exit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/6d70rk/rare_image_of_greg_gianforte/?ref=search_posts


22 posted on 05/25/2017 10:38:33 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Helicondelta

“Gianforte Taps Out Quist In Montana Special Election”

Perhaps this instead:

“Gianforte Slams Quist In Montana Special Election”


23 posted on 05/25/2017 10:46:06 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Helicondelta

I love to see Democrats squashed like bugs. Same goes for arrogant, effete reporters.


24 posted on 05/25/2017 11:06:54 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: BobL
23: "“Gianforte Slams Quist In Montana Special Election”

Is that why they call Quist "broke-back cowboy cowboi" ?

25 posted on 05/25/2017 11:08:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (My wish list: https, failover server, six sigma uptime.)
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To: Helicondelta

Itsfunneh that before the election I was hoping it would be proved that the accusation was false. Now I am hoping that the accusation is proved to be true!


26 posted on 05/25/2017 11:17:27 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
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To: Helicondelta

27 posted on 05/25/2017 11:23:42 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: arthurus

You will soon find out that this was a trap set for Gianforte by the little Democrat “pajama boy” that labors as a left wing, communist America hater, for the British rag, The Guardian!!! If someone jammed a recorder microphone in my face and interrupted a discussion I was having with someone else....I would do more then break his or her glasses!!!

Gianforte should not have reacted with force to this low life piece of humanity.....but, some folks will not stand down and take “in your face abuse” without a like response!!! Actually Gianforte gained votes because of his actions of not being bullied!!!

Bottom line...in the four game series......Republicans lead the series 2-0. June 20th brings us the final two races in Georgia & South Carolina!!!

I would advise you to disregard any polling coming from the failed pollsters of the mainstream media, which, once again, were a mile off the real winning result!!!

Go Republicans & Go POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!!


28 posted on 05/25/2017 11:24:50 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

“little Yellow snowflakes.”

Nice....


30 posted on 05/25/2017 11:27:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: cynwoody

Literally, LOL....


31 posted on 05/25/2017 11:28:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Helicondelta

Finally a Republican who fights. Looks like people in Montana are sick of elite Republican pussies who don’t fight, they are tired of faggoty and bull dyke Democrats and they are sick of the media. They want their country back and they voted for a guy who proved he won’t take no shit from the media.


32 posted on 05/25/2017 11:36:41 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: Helicondelta

I’d have preferred he won by 20 points, but a win is a win.


33 posted on 05/25/2017 11:48:15 PM PDT by JamesP81 (The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
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To: Helicondelta
Undefeated in this year’s special congressional races after the election of President Trump, Republicans will now hold a 239-193 majority in the House.

During the campaign, Mr. Gianforte embraced Mr. Trump, who won the state by more than 20 percentage points in the November election.

Excellent.

When is the GOP Congress going to realize that they and Trump could grind the Democrats into dust if they'd just get behind the President and start implementing his agenda, working to make America great again?

There's this huge buffer between the President and his supporters, and it's clogged with do-nothing GOP Representatives and Senators. A more timid, misguided, selfish, disloyal bunch of Establishment Swamp-dwellers I've never seen—except for the Democrats, of course.

If the GOP Congress would simply join the People and the President, amazing things could be accomplished in the next 8 years.

Personally, I hope this civil war-type situation will straighten out eventually in Washington—and in the Presiden't favor. The Uniparty Establishment—despite all the lies their Ministry of Propaganda (the Media) can spread—are destroying themselves in slow motion.

Recent polls have shown that even Democrats—in majority numbers (56%)—believe that the "Mainstream" Media is loaded with Fake News and can't be trusted. And the numbers for Independents and Republicans are far worse, of course.

Those are fearsome statistics if you're a Democrat—whether in or out of Government, Media, or Academia—and they portend a devastating downfall at some point in the not-too-distant future.

And now that it's "common knowledge" and "widely known" and not even politically incorrect to say so anymore, the credibility of the "Propaganda Media"—to use Newt Gingrich's term— is not going to be restored anytime soon.

One day the Democrats' lies will catch up to them, and the damage they've done to the Republic will be apparent to all.

And the GOP stands to benefit—if it still even exists. The way the GOP is acting at the moment, their fate might mimic that of the Democrats. President Trump might have to start an entirely new party if the GOP doesn't shape up very soon. I certainly wouldn't blame him if he did...

34 posted on 05/26/2017 12:09:34 AM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: haircutter
I truly believe that reporter set that incident up last night with help from liberals that was pouring money and protesters into that Montana race..and hopefully it will be proven and the charges dropped...

I agree. I was afraid that if Gianforte loses to the democrat, we would see incidents like this all over the country--where reporters would be as rude and obnoxious as possible to provoke the Republican candidate into a physical response just so they can screech that the candidate is unfit for office.

35 posted on 05/26/2017 12:38:35 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: arthurus; All

Almost half the voters had engaged in early voting, so the body slam did not change their minds and votes. Anybody know about this video I have seen on TV of Trump doing a body slam on the ground next to a boxing ring???


36 posted on 05/26/2017 1:01:40 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Some swishy talking head, yakking on Fuchs News before the body slam of Pajama Boy, said Gianforte was more “prickly” than previous GOP candidates,

Why do these bone smokers make everything about sex?!

/wink


37 posted on 05/26/2017 1:17:35 AM PDT by nickedknack
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So WTF is the Democratic Resistance at??!! LOL


38 posted on 05/26/2017 1:33:15 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: DIRTYSECRET

>A good win-not big. I would have liked to have seen a younger manly-man or a looker female. That congressional seat should be a stepping stone to the senate and this guy is too foliclly challenged + old.

Anyone who “beats” up on our lying press gets an A in my book.


39 posted on 05/26/2017 1:36:53 AM PDT by JohnyBoy
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To: Helicondelta

Wow. I see the libertarians are still around doing a poor job for themselves, essentially sabotaging both the libertarian and Republican message.


40 posted on 05/26/2017 1:39:27 AM PDT by lavaroise
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