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Trump praises Gianforte for assault on Guardian reporter: 'He's my guy'

Donald Trump has praised Greg Gianforte, the Congress member from Montana, for violently attacking a Guardian reporter, saying that someone who performs a body slam is “my guy”. Trump described in glowing terms the physical assault that occurred on 24 May 2017 when Ben Jacobs, the Guardian’s political correspondent, was asking Gianforte a question about health care policy in the course of a special congressional election in Bozeman, Montana. [...]

Trump’s comments mark the first time the president has openly and directly praised a violent act against a journalist on American soil. It comes as the White House is under intense domestic and international pressure over Trump’s refusal to condemn Saudi Arabia despite growing evidence that its leader, the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the decapitation and dismemberment of the journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.
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Rosie O’Donnell: Trump Is ‘Evil,’ ‘I Want to Send the Military to the White House to Get Him’

Thursday on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, actress Rosie O’Donnell said President Donald Trump is “evil” and “dark.”

“I actually got physically sick that night. I thought to myself, this cannot be happening. When he got the nomination, I thought I just have to wait until election day. And then he won. It took a good year to compose myself in public again. I took a year out of the spotlight,” Rosie continued.

"I want to send the military to the White House to get him,” she added.

Breitbart (Oct 18, 2018)
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Send the military? She must mean the liberal/progressive left-wing Democratic Party military: Antifa.
 
Slings and Arrows said:
Send the military? She must mean the liberal/progressive left-wing Democratic Party military: Antifa.
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Man... you really, really wish that the Antifa was a wing of the Democratic Party, rather than a group that just happens to be aligned with them, these days, because the GOP is endorsing ever more elements of fascism each year.
 
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Slings and Arrows said:
“Democrats have become the party of crime. They would rather devastate America’s communities than defend America’s borders. Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs.”

-- President Donald J. Trump (Oct 18, 2018)
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Not sure who are the biggest idiots, those that say things like this, those that believe them, or those that read Breitbart.
 
Elagabalus said:
Who's Rosie O’Donnell?
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A minor celebrity, mostly related to having been an actor on TV, I think?

fagin said:
Not sure who are the biggest idiots, those that say things like this, those that believe them, or those that read Breitbart.
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Those that believe them. Those that say them are frequently propagandists who know better. People who read Breitbart might just be dropping in to see how bad things are over there. Those who believe that crap don't really have any excuse, on the other hand, besides being suckers.

To address this more directly, though...

Slings and Arrows said:
“Democrats have become the party of crime. They would rather devastate America’s communities than defend America’s borders. Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs.”

-- President Donald J. Trump (Oct 18, 2018)
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He, have a counter. Montana Republican encourages allies to bring guns to Trump event to 'defend' from protesters

Now that Fox News and President Blowhard have worked the conservative idiot brigades into a froth with notions that The Liberals are being Dangerously Uncivil These Days, Republicans are taking it to the obvious next step: Former Montana Republican Party chair Will Deschamps Sr. took to Facebook this week to encourage Donald Trump supporters to bring guns to today's Trump rally in case protesters show up.
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ARM YOURSELVES! THE LEFTIES ARE COMING FOR YOU!

Except...

This appears to be a case of grandpa getting his ideas from Fox News; the network and other white nationalist promoters heavily covered fights between the fascist "Proud Boys" group and protesters but have been reluctant to mention that the fascist group appears to have engaged in most or all of that violence. This is good enough for the former state party head to both insist that there could be violence at a Montana Trump rally and sweatily opine to his allies that by gum they should pack guns to defend ourselves.
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This is the precise strategy used by the "Proud Boys" and allied fascist groups themselves; they stage events in which they prance around with weapons, helmets, and shields, screaming insults and obscenities at bystanders or counter protesters, attempting to goad others into insulting them back or throwing a punch, at which point the fascist groups surround the goadee and attack them. It's all captured on video, every time, because they're quite proud of it and want to encourage like-minded members of the far-right to engage in similar acts.
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Far Right-wingers provoke violence, rejoice in it, blame it on others. News at 11.

All this doesn't excuse the actual bad behavior by some of the antifa, of course, but the right-wing propaganda's focus on pushing practically all of the blame and attention onto the left is pathetic. Those who actually believe them are dupes. It's about as simple as that.
 
Slings and Arrows said:
Send the military?
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And to balance my last post: what O'Donnell said is stupid and wrong.

Slings and Arrows said:
“Democrats have become the party of crime.”
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Dude, Trump just praised an act of violence against a journalist for asking a question. Is that not a crime? And how about all of the crimes the Trump appointees and supporters in congress have been indicted or convicted on? Is it possible for you, for just a moment, to remove your partisan blinders and evaluate this situation rationally?
 
Belz... said:
Dude, Trump just praised an act of violence against a journalist for asking a question. Is that not a crime?
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The judge certainly thought so.


Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte was sentenced to community service, a $385 fine and 20 hours of sessions for anger management after pleading guilty to assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of his election.
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Trump Tweets

"Jon Tester says one thing to voters and does the EXACT OPPOSITE in Washington. Tester takes his orders form Pelosi & Schumer. Tester wants to raise your taxes, take away your 2A, open your borders, and deliver MOB RULE. Retire Tester & Elect America-First Patriot Matt Rosendale!"

"The only thing keeping Tester alive is he has millions and millions of dollars from outside liberals and leftists, who couldn’t care less about our Country!"
 
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Trump Tweets

"Jon Tester says one thing to voters and does the EXACT OPPOSITE in Washington. Tester takes his orders form Pelosi & Schumer. Tester wants to raise your taxes, take away your 2A, open your borders, and deliver MOB RULE. Retire Tester & Elect America-First Patriot Matt Rosendale!"

"The only thing keeping Tester alive is he has millions and millions of dollars from outside liberals and leftists, who couldn’t care less about our Country!"
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Trump forgot to mention that he is a Muslim transgender pedophile Martian from an evil parallel universe. His restraint is admirable.
 
Slings and Arrows said:
“Democrats have become the party of crime. They would rather devastate America’s communities than defend America’s borders. Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs.”

-- President Donald J. Trump (Oct 18, 2018)
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Here's a fun fact - there's a higher instance of criminality per capita in Trump's aides than amongst immigrants. Check the figures, that's 100% true.
 
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