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Gianforte apologizes to reporter after winning US House race
KOMO ^ | May 26, 2017 | Bobby Caina Calvan

Posted on 05/26/2017 7:54:30 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo

Edited on 05/26/2017 8:18:33 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at komonews.com ...


TOPICS: US: Montana
KEYWORDS: apology; gianforte; liberalmedia; mt2017; quist
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Very good he owned up to his mistake. He needs to realize that he's going to be under extra scrutiny from here on.
1 posted on 05/26/2017 7:54:30 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I think he was actually being harassed.


2 posted on 05/26/2017 7:56:19 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

This was the right thing to do, unambiguously and in public.


3 posted on 05/26/2017 7:56:26 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Moving to Montana soon
gonna beat some lousy press buffoon.
4 posted on 05/26/2017 7:56:37 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Tester has got to be filling his underpants right about now.


5 posted on 05/26/2017 7:57:12 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Poor guy.

That reporter must have hit him in the head.

Not ENOUGH reporters get body-slammed.


6 posted on 05/26/2017 7:57:52 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: billorites

“Yes I am”


7 posted on 05/26/2017 7:59:23 AM PDT by DickBrannigan ("And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

The alleged ‘victim’ was the aggressor.


8 posted on 05/26/2017 8:00:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness.


9 posted on 05/26/2017 8:02:09 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Notice how the AP characterized the news here: what matter is NOT that another Trump-supporting Republican beat a Pajama Boy Democrat. What matters is the “assault.” BS. I would go out of my way to vote for anybody who would take down one of our “journalists” this way.


10 posted on 05/26/2017 8:03:16 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

On the Basis of the following statement:

“First, let me just say physical altercations — there’s never a call for physical altercations,” Ryan said when asked whether Gianforte should withdraw from the race.

“There is no time where a physical altercation should occur or just between human beings, so that is wrong and it should not have happened.

PAUL RYAN SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. He is unsuited and unsuitable for any elected office wherein the safety of the United States is concerned.

He may be more comfortable among the pacifist Christians being slaughtered in the Middle East. He does NOT belong in a position responsible for any part of the safety of the United States of America.


11 posted on 05/26/2017 8:04:35 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

If he would have spotted the pasty and finished kicking his a$$, the votes for his next election would be landslide. The reporter said something to really piss him off. They need to learn not to do that stuff, since it’s not taught on the playgrounds in grade school, anymore.


12 posted on 05/26/2017 8:04:39 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Jacobs, fake “reporter”, is a well-known Democrat activist in Montana, hired by the Leftist Guardian to set up Gianforte. This should be a warning to every GOP House member running for office next year. Expect to be set up and harassed everywhere you campaign and hire some expert campaign directors, not some cronies of the RNC.


13 posted on 05/26/2017 8:07:24 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: xzins

Yep, he did what all politicians do - except for Trump. I’m disappointed in him for apologizing. I’d either ignore it or double down. But that’s just me. And Trump...


14 posted on 05/26/2017 8:08:00 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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Tester has got to be filling his underpants right about now.

Why? Tester has won two elections. Who are the Republicans running against him?

15 posted on 05/26/2017 8:08:25 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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“First, let me just say physical altercations — there’s never a call for physical altercations,”

Generally true. However, has anyone thought to tell that to the individuals who chased down and beat up Trump supporters at rallies?

What about the perfesser who was hitting people with the bike lock? I DID NOT SEE THE MEDIA GETTING ALL THAT UPSET ABOUT ANY OF THAT. And, Gianforte speaks for ALL of us when he said, "I'm sick of this!"

Hypocrisy is the name of the game these days.

16 posted on 05/26/2017 8:09:03 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

How to make millions:

1) Move to a highly-conservative state
2) Run for Congress as a Democrat
3) Travel to Hollywood, San Francisco, Boston, New York City and Washington DC spouting whatever liberal nonsense you can - the more quirky, and clever, the better.
4) Spout Trump paranoia
5) Have virulent Trump-hating liberals flood your campaign with cash.
6) Lose the election by 30 points.
7) Retire*

*(or, if you still need more money, move to another conservative state and repeat the process)


17 posted on 05/26/2017 8:09:31 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: madprof98

How did he body slam him...

Did he pick him up off the ground and slam him into the ground no.

I think the reporter got in his face and he just pushed him backwards with his hands near his neck

Any video of this or just hear say


18 posted on 05/26/2017 8:10:53 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: dfwgator

Indeed. Charged, presumed innocent? For GOP, charged - apologize. This is Ryan’s methodology as he asked him to apologize.


19 posted on 05/26/2017 8:10:58 AM PDT by Lent
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To: dfwgator

You and me think alike

I grew up in a different era in West Jackson Mississippi

You fought

You got over it

You didn’t run your mouth at people


20 posted on 05/26/2017 8:12:06 AM PDT by wardaddy (Multiculturalism: Everyone wants to inhabit the world of white men with no white men in it)
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