Montana House Candidate Greg Gianforte Just Body-slammed a Reporter

[Smitty-48]

Heh. Said the sonless man

That he knows of. Chances are that lots of veterans have kids they don't know about scattered around the world.

That's not funny. Personally I've only gotten one phone call from San Diego and one from Hong Kong asking me if I was some kids daddy. Couldn't be me, I always used a fake name when plowing hotties overseas.

If some kid showed up at my door claiming to be my son, he'd be letting himself in for a rough ride, bet dat, I'd make the Great Santini look like Dr. Spock.

DI Smitty, surly and acerbic, twenty four seven three six five, with no escape, and no Padre to go crying to? That's a harsh realm.

If he'd wanted to be raised rattlesnake mean, I guess he would have come to the right place, God help him.

I mean, sure, I can be good ol' Uncle Smitty with my nephews, but that's only for a few hours at a time, if you gonna be round here all the time, gettin' on my last nerve and short fuse, them fangs gonna come out, it's just my nature, can't teach a mean ol' rattlesnake not to bite, and you'd best run and hide if he gets into the whiskey.

It's not like going to my wife would be any better, she's a beautiful creature, but unless you're a Labrador Retriever, you ain't gonna get much cuddles out of her neither.

Willkommen zu Fuhrerbunker, ich bin Herr Wolf, das ist Frau Eva; if you came looking for nuture, you'd better be a dog named Blondi, otherwise, it's up on the meathooks for you, my little dears.

[adwinistrator]

New York Times - Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter
By Jonathan Martin
May 24, 2017

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was charged with assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a final rally in Bozeman on the eve of the vote. The attack brought police officers to the event and sent the reporter to the hospital for X-rays.

In a statement late Wednesday, the office of the Gallatin County sheriff, Brian Gootkin, said there was enough evidence to charge the candidate, Greg Gianforte, with misdemeanor assault. Mr. Gianforte, the Republican candidate for the state’s lone House seat, is scheduled to appear in court before June 7.

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Three of the state’s largest newspapers, The Billings Gazette, The Missoulian and The Helena Independent Record, quickly rescinded their endorsements of Mr. Gianforte. But prospects that the altercation could tip the race to the Democrat, Rob Quist, were complicated by Montana’s early-voting tradition: Over half the estimated total ballots in the contest had been returned by Wednesday.

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If convicted, Mr. Gianforte faces up to a $500 fine, or six months in jail, or both.

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The newspapers were swift in withdrawing their endorsements of the Republican candidate, with The Missoulian saying that Mr. Gianforte “should lose the confidence of all Montanans.”

The Billings Gazette’s editorial board released a blistering statement. The board’s members said they were “at a loss for words.”

“We will not stand by that kind of violence, period,” The Gazette said.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Well, if anyone was "body-slammed" they certainly wouldn't be so calm afterwards. He definitely wasn't punched either.

Not sure if a 'shove' counts as full-on assault, but that's probably what this is.

[adwinistrator]

Well, if anyone was "body-slammed" they certainly wouldn't be so calm afterwards. He definitely wasn't punched either.

Not sure if a 'shove' counts as full-on assault, but that's probably what this is.

I used to wrestle.

Witnesses said Gianforte grabbed Jacob's, his feet went into the air as he went to the ground, and that Gianforte was on top of him afterwards. My guess is Gianforte was kneeling on the ground, to Jacob's side, with his hands still on him.

Was it a body slam? Probably not. Was it a takedown? Yes.

1:40 in this video shows the basics.


As far as how he sounded, I'm not about to make any assumptions. Going from calm, to being unexpectedly assaulted, is going to result in an insane adrenaline dump.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Well, if anyone was "body-slammed" they certainly wouldn't be so calm afterwards. He definitely wasn't punched either.

Not sure if a 'shove' counts as full-on assault, but that's probably what this is.

I used to wrestle.

Witnesses said Gianforte grabbed Jacob's, his feet went into the air as he went to the ground, and that Gianforte was on top of him afterwards. My guess is Gianforte was kneeling on the ground, to Jacob's side, with his hands still on him.

Was it a body slam? Probably not. Was it a takedown? Yes.

As far as how he sounded, I'm not about to make any assumptions. Going from calm, to being unexpectedly assaulted, is going to result in an insane adrenaline dump.

Nah, I'm going with some kind of old-man shove over something behind him. Probably tripped over a camera case or something, and his feet went up.

People would be screaming mad if there was any kind of actual fight happening. An actual body-slam would have cowed him, or made him fighting mad, not whining about glasses and asking for names.

[TheReal_ND]

[DBTrek]

Poor impulse control makes for poor leadership.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

Poor impulse control makes for poor leadership.

And great journalism!

[kybkh]

What's the frog trying to pull here? We should have let the Germans win WWI...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN18L1OB

[kybkh]

Well, if anyone was "body-slammed" they certainly wouldn't be so calm afterwards. He definitely wasn't punched either.

Not sure if a 'shove' counts as full-on assault, but that's probably what this is.

I used to wrestle.

Witnesses said Gianforte grabbed Jacob's, his feet went into the air as he went to the ground, and that Gianforte was on top of him afterwards. My guess is Gianforte was kneeling on the ground, to Jacob's side, with his hands still on him.

Was it a body slam? Probably not. Was it a takedown? Yes.

As far as how he sounded, I'm not about to make any assumptions. Going from calm, to being unexpectedly assaulted, is going to result in an insane adrenaline dump.

Grappling has been proven to be the superior form of fighting. An experienced wrestler against a fighter of any non-grappling discipline easily wins if size is approximate.

Coach Haydock Jeffersontown High School:" Don't make them give you the move, make them WANT to give you the move."

The dude taught everything from the arm bar.