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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This is confusing. What you meant was he wins 50% to 44% in favor of the Republican.
Trumpistas 7, Snowflakes 2.
Reporter get in your face? Rearrange his.
The House use to have “The Hammer”. Now it has “The Slammer”.
We need more congresscritters with some balls so I welcome him. But you know the Washington media will bait him endlessly hoping for a repeat performance so they can cry “monster” and “brute”.
Think more along the lines of Melania...
I must say I giggled when I heard the journalist exclaim “You broke my glasses!” I haven’t heard dialogue like that since the old Dobie Gillis Show.
The leftist media (including Fox) was pushing the dem as a repudiation of Trump. I guess they got body slammed.
Smug, out of touch liberals were predicting Republican defeat just 24 hours ago. Now they are crying again, maybe blaming Russians.
Miss Marmelstein!!
DEMOCRATS - IT’S GOING TO BE A WAVE ELECTION!!!!!!
They are right. Republicans are going to win more seats than ever before.
Heh...yeah the summer of resistance...its going to end up just like Biden's "summer of recovery".
Say! We got new rope for you! Do you want to complain?
I said that many years ago! People leaving Kalifornia to escape the politics, only to bring those same politics to Montana!
An old saying my father would say as we drove down the roads of Montana, "all you see in Montana anymore are empty beer cans and Californians!" That was back in the 50's-60's.
60 in the senate is the goal
Sorry, but the pubbies should have pulled a Torricelli on Mr. Gianforte. The GOP doesn’t need anymore bad press- they already get it 24/7 as it is.
“...The do realize it, they just don’t want it to happen....”
Yep, right on. People need to get the 2-party fantasy out of their heads. There is NO 2-party system in the District of Corruption....just the UniParty. Once that’s realized, everything these corrupt love-life POSs do (or don’t do) becomes much more understandable. Why would one side of the UniParty want to “crush to dust” the other side? It doesn’t. They love the UniParty status quo where they make millions for themselves at the expense of the “unwashed masses” (that’d be us). Now, they have a POTUS that stands up for the “unwashed masses” which threatens their power and untold riches. They’re not gonna do anything to help him destroy themselves. The swamp needs draining in a much larger way than many people realize.
I’ve been exposed in all my glory. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!
1. It’s going to be a wave election — a repudiation of Trump!!!!, to..
2. This off-year election will be a repudiation of Trump!, to..
3. We never expected to win this election anyway, but the fact the Republican didn’t win be double-digits means this is a repudiation of Trump!
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