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Republican candidate 'body-slams' Guardian reporter in Montana
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 24, 2017 09:15pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Julia Carrie Wong and Sam Levin |
| News Date | Thursday, May 25, 2017 01:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Republican candidate for Montana’s congressional seat slammed a Guardian reporter to the floor on the eve of the state’s special election, breaking his glasses and shouting, “Get the hell out of here.”
Ben Jacobs, a Guardian political reporter, was asking Greg Gianforte, a tech millionaire running for the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, about the Republican healthcare plan when the candidate allegedly “body-slammed” the reporter.
“He took me to the ground,” Jacobs said by phone from the back of an ambulance. “This is the strangest thing that has ever happened to me in reporting on politics.”
Jacobs subsequently reported the incident to the police. The Gallatin County sheriff’s office is investigating the incident. |
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