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TexasTowelie

(117,361 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 04:29 AM Oct 2018

Trump just celebrated the beating of a political reporter in unhinged Montana rally

In the same week that he refused to condemn the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for brutally torturing and dismembering a journalist while he was still alive before murdering him and smuggling his body away in small pieces, President Donald Trump openly celebrated the assault of an American journalist.

After the President of the United States spent a great deal of time utterly confusing and bewildering his Missoula, Montana rally audience by going on incoherent tangents about anything and everything under the sun (“I love these hangars. I love hangers. There’s nothing like a hangar!”), and openly promoted disgustingly racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, his attention turned to the state’s one House Representative, Republican Greg Gianforte.

Gianforte was the subject of a huge scandal last year after he body-slammed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs just days before the election, breaking his glasses and sending him to the floor after Jacobs asked him some questions he didn’t like.

Trump, who has hinted at how much this titillated him before in past, crossed the line and openly celebrated the assault of a reporter.

Read more: https://washingtonpress.com/2018/10/18/trump-just-celebrated-the-beating-of-a-political-reporter-in-unhinged-montana-rally/

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Trump just celebrated the beating of a political reporter in unhinged Montana rally (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP
Tone deaf. And, then again, his clones will eat it up. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #1
I continually ask myself: "How the hell did this insane imbecile democratisphere Oct 2018 #2
When a sitting President makes assaulting reporters , or murdering journalists duforsure Oct 2018 #3
He is doing everything Scarsdale Oct 2018 #5
agreed study war no more Oct 2018 #8
C'mon people...it's ALAPHA..as long as Putin's happy again griloco Oct 2018 #4
smell the fascism ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #6
Would love about 2 minutes with this piece of shit Racerdog1 Oct 2018 #7
This coming from the person who MontanaMama Oct 2018 #9
Bad time to advocating for violence against journalists. Initech Oct 2018 #10

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. I continually ask myself: "How the hell did this insane imbecile
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 04:48 AM
Oct 2018

ever become president?!" No reporter or journalist is safe with the likes of of CONald drumpf and MBS.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. When a sitting President makes assaulting reporters , or murdering journalists
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 05:05 AM
Oct 2018

Ok and acceptable to do with the gop approval , you know this country is in deep , deep trouble . Vote people, while we still can. Stop the violent rhetoric , not people from voting. Stop the corruption not the Democratic election process, and stop the lying and trying to attack the truth, that trump and the gop are nothing but hate and fear mongers who will start another war if voted into office, and promote trump's inciting others to become violent towards others. The gop has lose their mind backing thee monster, and will regret it for a long, long time. they're allowing trump to destroy this country , our economy, our values, and he'll destroy our standard of living if they are not stopped this election. Vote, or don't complain when it all hits the fan.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
5. He is doing everything
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 05:46 AM
Oct 2018

the gop wants. He is destroying all democratic decent ideals. He is a moron, despicable, repulsive, self-aggrandizing idiot. Remember that Grover Nordquist said a few years ago "All we (gop) need in the WH is someone who will sign any bill we put before them" They got him in spades. A complete jackass. While he is getting the attention he CRAVES, McConnell and his slimebags are destroying the safety nets for average Americans. Social Security and Medicare are on their chopping block. The tRumps firmly believe that they are America's royal family. They are just another Mafia family, with less class.

Initech

(102,405 posts)
10. Bad time to advocating for violence against journalists.
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 09:58 AM
Oct 2018

But then again when has that ever stopped him?

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