# Republicans: candidate who assaulted reporter is fine with us! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443 "2017-05-25T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/481 "2017-05-29T18:27:44Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Which is why you hate Gianforte. Gianforte being a super moron is reason enough to hate him. But being a violent asshole child who can’t take a question _on the day before the election_ is certainly disqualifying for any rational person. Thinking that the American GOP voter would have enough class to not vote for a guy who throws a huge tantrum and attacks someone asking him a relevant question is honestly a mistake. Even a smart GOP voter like you thinks being a violent asshole is a-ok. The American GOP of the early 21st century is human garbage. If there is a failing of the left, it’s continuing to hope that you will come to your senses. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/482 "2017-05-29T18:28:56Z")
The idiot lawyer doesn’t think a free press is part of the first amendment. Or he doesn’t think that the physical intimidation of agents of the free press could possibly compromise that freedom. That’s likely what he’ll say actually. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/483 "2017-05-29T18:38:23Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > The idiot lawyer doesn’t think a free press is part of the first amendment. > > Or he doesn’t think that the physical intimidation of agents of the free press could possibly compromise that freedom. > > That’s likely what he’ll say actually. > > Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk The First Amendment is not violated by a reporter getting punched by a candidate. That’s the plain, simple, LEGAL fact. You and your tapeworm can accept it or deny it as pleases you. But it remains the fact, and on a board supposedly concerned about ignorance it is clear that the fact you can spout contrary claims without a chorus of denials is proof enough of an echo chamber. No legal authority would claim this is an act violative of the First Amendment. Period. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/484 "2017-05-29T18:44:22Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > The First Amendment is not violated by a reporter getting punched by a candidate. > > That’s the plain, simple, LEGAL fact. > > You and your tapeworm can accept it or deny it as pleases you. But it remains the fact, and on a board supposedly concerned about ignorance it is clear that the fact you can spout contrary claims without a chorus of denials is proof enough of an echo chamber. > > No legal authority would claim this is an act violative of the First Amendment. Period. No one is saying that this particular act is. But would you grant, perhaps, that the concerted attempt by the GOP to attack the press as #fakenews and outright decry factual elements as lies, coupled with jokes about attacking the press, the granting of press credentials to sources of partisan conspiracy theory like InfoWars, and now, the actual assault on reporters, certainly seems like an attempt to undermine the first amendment? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/485 "2017-05-29T18:44:27Z")
You’re an idiot Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/486 "2017-05-29T18:56:26Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > If he did it to multiple members of the press, your case would be stronger. Maybe he hates only Jacobs. lol, your sadness is showing. > [@](#): > > Gianforte: [shouting] **I’m sick and tired of you guys!** > > Jacobs: Jesus chri—! > > Gianforte: **The last guy that came in here, you did the same thing! Get the hell out of here!** > > Jacobs: Jesus! > > Gianforte: Get the hell out of here! The last guy did the same thing! You with The Guardian? Yeah, it sounds real personal. :rolleyes: Lie to yourself all you want, Bricker, but the transcript is out there. All this effort to support a violent Congressman who shits on the Constitution. All logos, no ethos, that’s our Bricker! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/487 "2017-05-29T19:21:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You consider having a minority opinion to be evidence that your opinion is correct? > > Interesting. No, but I ALSO don’t consider the fact that you and your tapeworm disagree with me as evidence I am wrong. This is the reason I say “I,” instead of “Us,” when advancing an argument. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/488 "2017-05-29T19:28:14Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > No, but I ALSO don’t consider the fact that you and your tapeworm disagree with me as evidence I am wrong. This is the reason I say “I,” instead of “Us,” when advancing an argument. This “tapeworm” thing you are trying to get going-is it original, or did it come from something you saw elsewhere? BTW, you might want to go with “something you saw elsewhere”. Slightly less embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/489 "2017-05-29T19:29:29Z")
You saw this one coming. “A group of Democratic lawmakers is accusing a Republican colleague of threatening to [“put a bullet in the head”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-sanctuary-cities-protest-disrupts-texas-session/2017/05/29/bf0e66fc-4488-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.83c38fa8126c) of someone on the Texas House floor, as a raucous immigration protest unfolded in a public gallery.” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/490 "2017-05-29T19:30:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This “tapeworm” thing you are trying to get going-is it original, or did it come from something you saw elsewhere? > BTW, you might want to go with “something you saw elsewhere”. Slightly less embarrassing. No, don’t you get it? You have a tapeworm, because you’re a degenerate! A tapeworm! Get it?!! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/491 "2017-05-29T19:31:01Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > No one is saying that this particular act is. But would you grant, perhaps, that the concerted attempt by the GOP to attack the press as #fakenews and outright decry factual elements as lies, coupled with jokes about attacking the press, the granting of press credentials to sources of partisan conspiracy theory like InfoWars, and now, the actual assault on reporters, certainly seems like an attempt to undermine the first amendment? No. First, **johnT** is not “no one,” and he is alleging a violation of the Constitution. So SOMEONE is. Second, I am not in agreement that Gianforte and his misdemeanor assault are part of a plan or related scheme with Trump’s rhetoric. Finally, I say that the press is responsible for deception, and it’s appropriate to call them out when that happens. So some accusations of “fake news” are justified. Others are not. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/492 "2017-05-29T19:33:37Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > You saw this one coming. “A group of Democratic lawmakers is accusing a Republican colleague of threatening to [“put a bullet in the head”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-sanctuary-cities-protest-disrupts-texas-session/2017/05/29/bf0e66fc-4488-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.83c38fa8126c) of someone on the Texas House floor, as a raucous immigration protest unfolded in a public gallery.” Without looking, I’m guessing it’s the same Lone Star Loony that called ICE to pick up the people protesting him. edited to add: Got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/493 "2017-05-29T19:35:24Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > No. > > First, **johnT** is not “no one,” and he is alleging a violation of the Constitution. So SOMEONE is. > > Second, I am not in agreement that Gianforte and his misdemeanor assault are part of a plan or related scheme with Trump’s rhetoric. Finally, I say that the press is responsible for deception, and it’s appropriate to call them out when that happens. So some accusations of “fake news” are justified. Others are not. I don’t think Gianforte is intelligently in cahoots with Trump. I think he’s an empty partisan, so he thinks that the RW media’s painting of the mainstream media as fake news is correct. He’s likely a symptom of the GOP’s push to undermine the press. I mean the bro thinks the world is a few thousand years old, and he’s had an education. He’s hard up into his ideology and thinking critically ain’t his bag. That said, his actions are, IMHO feeding into that undermining of the press, even if he’s too empty to know it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/494 "2017-05-29T19:42:03Z")
I don’t hate the guy, I hate (if that’s even the word) the Darkness which he serves. If he stops, I will be plumb tickled to forgive. Even celebrate, since it seems to me people find it a lot harder to go from stinker to pretty decent. Seeing as how I haven’t seen much of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/495 "2017-05-29T19:44:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I don’t hate the guy, I hate (if that’s even the word) the Darkness which he serves. If he stops, I will be plumb tickled to forgive. Even celebrate, since it seems to me people find it a lot harder to go from stinker to pretty decent. Seeing as how I haven’t seen much of it. Take your tapeworm out of here, hippy! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/496 "2017-05-29T19:50:32Z")
It’s hard to imagine that the guys has a degree in Electrical Engineering, but is enough of a YEC to donate a considerable sum of money to a YEC museum. ---
**Author:** ![DoggyDunnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DoggyDunnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoggyDunnit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/497 "2017-05-29T19:52:24Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I don’t agree you get to define “pro-life.” I’m using the term as it’s used in American politics. Haha, “agree”. I get a kick out of y’all right-wingers (as well as the pseudo-left like Hillary and her bosom buddies) thinking that definitions of words and facts in general [are able to be “agreed” or “disagreed” with with any merit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts), and that somehow us pro-civilization people are responsible for the definitions and facts rather than, you know… the whole or subsets of speakers of the language, the laws of nature, reality itself, et cetera. Tighty-righties have succeeded in the task of putting the misnomer “pro-life” into the American lexicon, but that don’t change the fact that the word “life” is in there. [Here’s the definition of “life” for you](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life), and the fact that if someone needs a life-saving surgery they can’t afford, and they are denied their right to health care, they will die - their _life_ will end. Anyone who is fine with that is not “pro-life”. That’s not me saying that, that’s the damn dictionary. The English language, y’all. Further, the definition of “life” goes beyond human language - it is a natural concept. There is life here, there ain’t life here, and if \ is taken, this bit of “life” will be gone. The facts aren’t mine, yours, the Pope’s, the President’s, Crash Bandicoot’s, Tommy Pickles’s, the mayor of Brazzaville’s, or anyone else’s - they are simply _the_ facts. They just appear to be biased towards the hard left because… well, they are. After all, it’s us who are pro-civilization. 🙂 Third time. Try to actually hit the ball with the bat this go-around - are you truly “pro-life”, or are you just “anti-abortion”? Yeesh. No wonder y’all are so much in favor of journalists being brutalized. They represent fact-finding, after all. SMH. And… wait. You know, coincidences are really something. I’ve been on a nostalgia kick lately that’s manifest itself as re-engaging myself with the Spyro the Dragon series from my childhood. Are you related to [Moneybags](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Moneybags_(character))? No, I’m serious - in Spyro 2, here was his modus operandi: [ul] [li]His country and homeland, Avalar, gets invaded by malevolent foreigners, who easily take over and set up shop, sow discord (including multiple civil wars), et cetera. With no help from him, other inhabitants of Avalar summon the titular hero.[/li][li]He proceeds to shut down bridges, portals, waterways, and more, for the purpose of extorting money from Spyro to pass on his journey to, ya know, **save his home country from destruction.** [/li][li]He follows this by repeatedly claiming that he cares. He _really, really does_. He’s _for_ the liberation of Avalar. But nevertheless, he simply _has_ to stay in “business”, yaknow? Gotta charge them extortion prices to allow Spyro through.[/li][/ul] And here’s yours. [ul] [li]Either be a natural sociopath that has purposely gone untreated, or be a voluntary one that’s fallen in line with the sociopathic, anti-civilization excuse for “culture” here in the U.S.[/li][li]Be against abortion, but don’t care about anyone after they’re born. [/li][li]Put together with calling oneself “pro-life”, this right-wing virtue-signaling puts up the smokescreen that one cares about others (good P.R.) while actually being the complete opposite. Good way of furthering mess with good cover.[/li][li]People dying left and right from lack of health care, isolation, hunger/malnourishment, et cetera.[/li][li]“Hell no, I don’t acknowledge the fact health care, food, etc are human rights. Let 'em DIE if they aren’t fortunate enough to pay! I don’t want MY [[sic](https://web.archive.org/web/20081012045119/http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_thom_har_060910_thom_hartmann_3a_the_l.htm)] money paying for them TAKERS! I’m PRO-LIFE!”[/li][/ul] The similarities are staggering, hilarious, and sad, all at the same time. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > When we were kids, and someone would say something like “I love mashed potatoes”, we’d yell out: “You can’t love it; it’s not a person”. You sound just like that. > > Alternatively, we can count on your support for Sec DeVoss’s schools choice plan, right? What… you’re _ **not** _ pro-choice??? Oh, look. Moneybags’s other close relative. I highlighted **Bricker** ’s hypocrisy in favoring “life” only until the womb is vacated, and then you sit up here trying to twist “pro-choice”. Book-Burn DeVomitous’s M.O.: [ul] [li]Destroy public schools - [you know, the foundation of education in advanced, civilized nations](http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/right-to-education/) - by means of idiotic rules, funding-starving, and the like. (NOTE: This also works for the [post office](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr6407).)[/li][li]“Look! The public schools are crumbling! We need to give people the _choice_ of private/charter schools!”[/li][li]Make it happen.[/li][li]Corporate buddies, really-for-profit-“non-profits”, et cetera set up [pathetic shells that](https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/05/detroits-school-crisis/482010/) [aren’t worthy of the word “school”](https://midwest.edtrust.org/accountability-for-all-2016-read-online/), [much less any accreditation](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-choice-but-not-better-schools.html?_r=0).[/li][li]Teach neofeudalism and other right-wing “values” to keep the status quo going for the next generations; keep kids away from that pesky “knowing things” that leads to [hellholes like Denmark](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-01-20/why-danes-happily-pay-high-rates-of-taxes) with their book-learnin’ and “[commulism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_vIqMiHK0)” (sic).[/li][li]Literal profit.[/li][/ul] As if the doublespeak bullshit term “school choice” has anything to do with “pro-choice” in any way close to the fact that “life” has a meaning that makes “pro-life” a misnomer when used by sociopaths. Nice try, though. 😉 I swear on my book of secret recipes (my fried chicken puts KFC to shame) that if y’all put even half the effort y’all put into maintaining untreated natural and voluntary sociopathy and a widespread culture of such wrapped in anti-civilization and justifying it through some hella mental gymnastics into actually furthering civilization, the U.S. would be the shining star of human nation-states - light-years ahead of places that, while not totally there, are a lot damn closer to civilization like most of Europe, most of Oceania, a good chunk of South America, Cuba, Costa Rica, Canada, etc, rather than the shitty neofeudalist clusterfuck lagging behind in the race in a broke-down old Ford way past its glory days that has a crumbling “We’re Number 1” bumper sticker on it that it is. At least a few states like Oregon, California, Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts, etc are choosing to buck the trend; that’s something to be thankful for. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/498 "2017-05-29T19:57:12Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s hard to imagine that the guys has a degree in Electrical Engineering, but is enough of a YEC to donate a considerable sum of money to a YEC museum. There are plenty of YEC loons who are functional in their chosen fields. Shit, Ben Carson is a brain surgeon, which is much harder than Electrical Engineering (I’d assume). ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/499 "2017-05-29T20:05:05Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > YOU: (LIBERAL COMMITS ASSAULT) It was justified, he’s a hero, the victim was a Nazi, the victim was trolling! > > YOU (CONSERVATIVE COMMITS ASSAULT) Violence is never acceptable! > > ME: Um… but what about the other time, when you said… > > YOU: SHUT UP! Start a new thread if you want to talk about another incident. > > ME: (IN NEW THREAD) OK, here we have a liberal committing assault. > > YOU: Shut up! The victim was a Nazi, the assaulter is a hero, or, ah, “Ho hum, I am outraged, see this is ‘outrage.’” > > ME: Ah, excuse me, but I don’t think you’re treating them the same as… > > YOU: Shut up! This thread is about the poor Nazi you want to defend (or the highly justified professor) (or the highly justified Al Franken self-deputized security force). If you want to talk about Montana, start a new thread! > > ME: So… it seems that every thread has it own independent standards applied to behavior, and oh, hey, just by coincidence, the threads where we discuss liberal violence are very tolerant of violence, and the threads where we discuss conservative violence are Ghandi-esque in rejecting violence as a solution. > > YOU: Um… shut up! By the way, shit for brains, there was a hell of a lot of tighty-rigthty angst and outrage over the poor Nazi (who actually was trolling the crowd) getting slapped by a GIRL. I guess the brave Valhalla bound berserker Defender of the Master Race just can’t hang. I was one of those who took the attitude of “meh, she can face assault charges but I won’t lose any sleep over a Nazi”, or pretty damn close to it. Your assclowns were all pissed off that we didn’t show enough outrage about that “horribly cruel attack”. So let’s play it like this. You love Nazis and far right wing thugs. Hows’ that fit? Fucking troll. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/500 "2017-05-29T20:08:25Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well you are even more foolish, defending Republicans is not the subject of the thread; dealing with Gianforte is. Of course you have to reach for the bottom of the barrel of stupid equalities to make it not be about Gianforte. > > It is only you who are demanding that defense of a sorry rhetorical point of yours. And clearly with the intention to continue to deflect on what Gianforte did. It’s ALL about party. It’s time for me to put his ass on Ignore too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443.md?page=26)