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WATCH: Scarborough Blames Trump's 'Rhetoric' For Gianforte Attack on Reporter. That's Ridiculous.



MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blamed President Trump for Montana Republican House candidate Greg Gianforte allegedly body-slamming a reporter on Thursday.

Scarborough bloviated, "You can draw a straight line from Republican candidates thinking that sort of behavior is okay when you have Donald Trump berating reporters throughout the entire campaign saying, suggesting terrible things."

The MSNBC host cited Trump calling the media the "enemy of the people" and his attacks on NBC's Katy Tur, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski (Scarborough's fiancé) and the entirety of CNN as examples of Trump's rhetoric inciting candidates like Gianforte to attack reporters.

"This is not a big leap from what the head of the Republican Party is saying something everyday and what happened last night in Montana," Scarborough said.

Actually, it really is a big leap to suggest that.


:killingme



FLASHBACK: Democratic Congressman Attacked Student Journalist ... And Democrats Defended It!

The assumption was that Etheridge was acting on his own, that he had behaved badly, and that was that. In fact, Democrats rallied to Etheridge’s defense. Here’s Politico reporting at the time:

"Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this," said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse just now. "This was a Republican party tracking operation. If it wasn't a party tracker or intern, why is the face blurred and why is the source hidden? You know if it had been a right wing blog, they'd identify themselves and they'd be booking this person on TV all day. Republicans know if they admit their involvement in this game of gotcha it will undermine their credibility. One minute this guy is interviewing a member of Congress on camera and the next a video is released with his face blurred out? If that doesn’t tell you this is a Republican Party hatchet job nothing will." A national Democratic Party official e-mailed around a set of talking points about an hour ago, under the subject heading, "Etheridge Gotcha Video Background."

Etheridge apologized, and the media let it go.

The assumption by the Left, however, is that Gianforte must be abandoned by the Republicans forthwith.

ah ok ... so if it is a 'republican' tracking op then its 'OK' if the congressman man handles the person




3. Quist has had problems with paying his taxes. Quist had accumulated over "$27,000 of unpaid debts and property taxes" that wasn't paid off until 2017. He has blamed it on a "botched gallbladder operation" and filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon who performed that operation, identified as Dr. Roch Boyer. However, Boyer charged "that Quist entered the procedure with a history of marijuana usage, a pre-existing genital herpes condition, a previous positive test for tuberculosis, and a past meeting with a marriage counselor where he discussed his 'failing marriage,'" per PJ Media.

The PJ Media article also points out there is reason to believe that Quist's health problems may not necessarily be to blame for the debts and property taxes he owed:

The Washington Free Beacon's Scher questioned Quist's contention that he was unable to pay taxes and other debts due to the 1992 surgery. During the suit, the Quists disclosed that they brought in $136,412 in income in 1994. Real estate records show that the candidate's wife, Bonni Quist, has sold over $15 million worth of property since 2006, which would have earned her about $500,000 according to standard commission rates.

In 2007, the year the Quists refused to pay thousands of dollars in property taxes, Bonni Quist was the agent for three real estate sales each valued at nearly $1 million.

Quist has continued his struggling music career, and performed 50 times in 2007. In recent years, he has gotten paid a few thousand dollars per performance, according to a recent financial disclosure. This does not mean he received the same amount in 2007, but it stands to reason that he was bringing in some appreciable income through performing. The Free Beacon also reported that he has been able to secure recurring gigs at a nudist resort in Idaho.


http://www.dailywire.com/news/16860/5-things-you-need-know-about-montanas-special-aaron-bandler
 
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