Trump Applauds Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte for Body-Slamming Reporter

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When Montana Republican Greg Gianforte body-slammed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of his special election in 2017, President Trump didn’t have much to say about it one way or the other. After Gianforte won despite being charged with misdemeanor assault, Trump praised his victory as a “great win for Montana.”

At a Thursday night rally in Missoula, the president got his chance to share his true thoughts on the sitting GOP congressman who physically attacked a member of the group Trump likes to call the “enemy of the people” and got away with it.

“Any guy who can do a body slam,” Trump said, mimicking the wrestling move, “he’s my kind of guy.” He clapped as the audience cheered.

As Trump explained, he was in Rome when he got the news that Gianforte had “body-slammed a reporter. The president’s first thought, he said at the rally Thursday, was, “Oh, this is terrible, he’s going to lose the election.” But then he realized, “Wait a minute, I know Montana pretty well. I think it might help him. And it did.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-applauds-montana-senator-greg-gianforte-for-body-slamming-reporter?ref=home

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