Tomorrow is the election for Montana’s lone House seat and tonight the Republican candidate in the race allegedly assaulted a reporter from The Guardian. Really.
Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 24, 2017
Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses
There was a local TV crew there when Gianforte body slammed me. Audio is posting soon at @GuardianUS— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 24, 2017
There was a local TV crew there when Gianforte body slammed me. Audio is posting soon at @GuardianUS
Jacobs reported this to #Bozeman police. Just heard it come over the scanner. https://t.co/7vLsf3YvXU— Whitney Bermes (@wabermes) May 24, 2017
Jacobs reported this to #Bozeman police. Just heard it come over the scanner. https://t.co/7vLsf3YvXU
Well. Uh. Not much to say about this … except, the election is tomorrow so let's help GOTV for Rob Quist. Now!
Reporter Alexis Levinson was there, and describes what she witnessed in this Twitter thread.
So I was there for this - still am https://t.co/tgjOCYErFi— Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) May 24, 2017
So I was there for this - still am https://t.co/tgjOCYErFi
Levinson says Gianforte is now “leaving the event without speaking.”
Gianforte bodyslammed @Bencjacobs who reported his ties to sanctioned Russian companies https://t.co/NuOzzZbSeP— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 25, 2017
Gianforte bodyslammed @Bencjacobs who reported his ties to sanctioned Russian companies https://t.co/NuOzzZbSeP
The Guardian has their story up, complete with audio.