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re: Fox News reporter gives first hand account of Gianforte's assault on reporter

Posted on 5/25/17 at 11:33 am to
Posted by AllKnowingTrashHeap
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 5/25/17 at 11:33 am to
quote:

grabbing Gianforte's wrist
didn't actually happen
Posted by micromac
Member since May 2017
32 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 11:37 am to
He's been charged with assault.
Posted by Iosh
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Posted on 5/25/17 at 11:38 am to
quote:

didn't actually happen
You're not living in his reality.
Posted by DawgfaninCa
San Francisco, California
Member since Sep 2012
20092 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:52 pm to
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During that conversation, another man — who we now know is Ben Jacobs of The Guardian — walked into the room with a voice recorder, put it up to Gianforte's face and began asking if he had a response to the newly released Congressional Budget Office report on the American Health Care Act. Gianforte told him he would get to him later. Jacobs persisted with his question. Gianforte told him to talk to his press guy, Shane Scanlon.


At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the reporter. As Gianforte moved on top of Jacobs, he began yelling something to the effect of, "I'm sick and tired of this!"

Jacobs scrambled to his knees and said something about his glasses being broken. He asked Faith, Keith and myself for our names. In shock, we did not answer. Jacobs then said he wanted the police called and went to leave. Gianforte looked at the three of us and repeatedly apologized. At that point, I told him and Scanlon, who was now present, that we needed a moment. The men then left.


Unfortunately for the Fox reporters, Jacobs contradicted their account and supported Gianforte's account of what happened when he appeared on the Georgey boy's show this morning.

When asked what happened, Jacob said that Gianforte first grabbed the recorder which Jacob had put in Gianforte's face and that's what started the whole incident.

Now how could Gianforte grab Jacobs by the neck with BOTH HANDS when Jacobs admits Gianforte grabbed his recorder with his hand and that's when the scuffle began?

Jacob's account of how the scuffle began matches Gianforte's account of what started the scuffle which was after Gianforte told Jacob that he would respond to Jacob's question later, Jacob stuck his recorder in Gianforte's face again so Gianforte grabbed the recorder to push it away and Jacob grabbed Gianforte's wrist and the two of them fell over and hit the floor.

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To be clear, at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte, who left the area after giving statements to local sheriff's deputies.


Jacob aggressively came into a private interview that Giaforte was having with a Fox reporter and after Gianforte told Jacob that he would talk to him later, Jacob told him that would be too late so he aggressively put the recorder in Gianforte's face and asked the question again.

That's what Gianforte meant when he said Jacob was being aggressive.

This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted by antibarner
Member since Oct 2009
23747 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:54 pm to
Um ..dude..people like you screamed about that vicious Lewandowski looking at nothing on a video.
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:55 pm to
People lost their god damned minds over Lewandowski
Posted by antibarner
Member since Oct 2009
23747 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:57 pm to
That was a bigger lie than Muh Russians, if possible. You would have thought he hit her with an MMA arm bar.

What we should do is beat the hell out of these people, they will accuse us of it anyhow
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted by Iosh
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Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:00 pm to
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Jacob said that Gianforte first grabbed the recorder which Jacob had put in Gianforte's face and that's what started the whole incident.
He did?
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:23 pm to
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FREEDOM! If the press asks a question the person being asked doesn't like, then well its ok to beat them up! Freedom!


Yeah. That's what I said.

Sheesh you frickers lack any form of honesty in discourse.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124159 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:51 pm to
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Isn't it incredible how Jacobs, the Buzzfeed reporter, AND the local FOX crew all told the same lie?
Did they?
Posted by AU4real35
Member since Jan 2014
16065 posts
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:53 pm to
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I weep for our nation.


Little dramatic, no?
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124159 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 5:38 am to
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If Montana elects this criminal then I weep for our nation.
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 6:38 am to
Winner winner chicken dinner
Posted by DawgfaninCa
San Francisco, California
Member since Sep 2012
20092 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:04 pm to
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Isn't it incredible how Jacobs, the Buzzfeed reporter, AND the local FOX crew all told the same lie?


That's not true.

As I pointed out in my thread on the incident, Jacobs' account contradicted the eyewitnesses' original account.

Jacobs said Gianforte first grabbed the recorder but the eyewitnesses said Gianforte first grabbed Jacobs by the neck with BOTH HANDS.
This post was edited on 5/26/17 at 9:08 pm
Posted by Dead End
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
21237 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:07 pm to
Gay
Posted by DawgfaninCa
San Francisco, California
Member since Sep 2012
20092 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:11 pm to
quote:

Jacob said that Gianforte first grabbed the recorder which Jacob had put in Gianforte's face and that's what started the whole incident.


quote:

He did?


Yup, Jacobs said it on Georgey boy's show Good Morning America.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:13 pm to
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Isn't it incredible how Jacobs, the Buzzfeed reporter, AND the local FOX crew all told the same lie? And the cops believed them instead of the self-evident truth of Gianforte's statement?



and how the Fox reporter changed her fricking story later?
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:17 pm to
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I'm almost speechless. If Montana elects this criminal then I weep for our nation.



and yet there is an impeached federal judge who has been a democrat representative for 2 fricking decades and you have never shed one God damned tear

an impeached federal judge

impeached by a senate that was 55-45 democrat

You sanctimonious two-faced pricks make me nauseous.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:27 pm to
TIM KAINE'S SON

Given how the dems are the party of nepotism with respect to running for public office, want to bet Tim Kaine's son runs for something some day without one God damned peep from any liberal anywhere?
Posted by PygmalionEffect
Member since Jul 2012
4834 posts
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:32 pm to
Winston trying to be a troll.

How sweet.
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