At a Montana rally Thursday night, President Donald Trump praised Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter on the campaign trail, calling him a “fighter” in “more ways than one.”
“I’ll tell you what: This man has fought — in more ways than one — for your state. He has fought for your state. Greg Gianforte. He is a fighter and a winner,” Trump said of the congressman who won his House seat despite the attack on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs.
Gianforte first denied attacking the reporter before later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault.
Watch Trump’s comments here.
Giovante didn’t fight for the state, he fought for HIMSELF because he’s a violent man who had no impulse control.
The fact that the president would praise something like that would normally be concerning but then we are not dealing with a normal person.
Sucker punching a reporter covering your congressional campaign for asking about your problematic position on the ACA is not exactly “fighting.” But it is the type of “fight” that Trump LOVES, one where the win is guaranteed and usually involves a breach of the law.
Gianforte is a braying FOX -Dixiecrat GOP Cookie Cutter empty suit, just like the crop of stereotyped Reagan Congresspeople before the current Tea Party empty suits.
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The fact that the president would praise something like that would normally be concerning
[/quote]Normally, a politician physically attacking a member of the media for simply asking an uncomfortable question would not just be concerning … it would be an outrage. And it would be an outrage to a real president. And for a president to approve of it would be a disqualifying outrage. It’s still an outrage to most people. But, too many - not you or me or most of us here at TPM - are getting numb. And the former reality TV show host is trying to drag the entire country down to the lowest level possible. We cannot let any of this become normal or accepted or expected.
I had to laugh when Gianforte spoke at the rally last night and told them that the Republicans would give them health insurance they could afford. They all cheered and clapped. Unfortunately, it won’t cover anything either. I though to myself, if these people were smart enough to understand what they are really being told, this might be them:
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I have a relative who works for a foundation trying to remedy polarization in the US. I grew up during Vietnam and remember that being a polarizing issue. However, the advent of FOX propaganda on several Cable TV channels, supported by Rupert Murdoch’s print media empire has spawned a tribe of Right Wing Resentful White Folks who are not disposed to care about adherence to any laws and are very disposed to obtaining and exercising power at any cost. They don’t care that Gianforte committed a crime, or that he is a cowardly bully. As a national demographic they don’t care that their Senate Majority stole a SCOTUS appointment from President Obama or that they are going to steamroll Kavanaugh on to the court to join with Alito, Gorsuch and Roberts in screwing the US for generations to come. Hell, they don’t even care that they won the Presidential election only with Russia Spy Agencies’ help and elected a total incompetent and mentally ill fake white businessman to run the country who has no higher preocupation than his image and is so fucking vain that being over 70 years old, he still wears a bleached blonde hair helmet that is about as genuine as his fake tan.