The Republican Party held onto Montana’s sole U.S. House seat in a special election Thursday, after GOP candidate Greg Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault of a reporter the night before.
This seemed to confirm that voters in “Big Sky Country” were more concerned with politics than they were with his inappropriate rough-and-tumble behavior.
Greg Gianforte apologies in victory speech, says he’s ‘sorry.’ “Last night I made a mistake.”pic.twitter.com/Ac9YHeb8EM
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 26, 2017
Gianforte had a comfortable win of just over 6 points, 50.2% to 44.1. He used the occasion of his victory speech Thursday night to apologize for his actions, stating that it was what the people of Montana do.
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“When you make a mistake, you have to own up to it. That’s the Montana way,” he told his supporters.
“Last night I made a mistake, and I took an action that I can’t take back, and I’m not proud of what happened. I should not have responded in the way that I did, and for that I’m sorry. I should not have treated that reporter that way, and for that I am sorry Mr. Ben Jacobs.”
“That’s not the person that I am. And that’s not the way I’ll lead in this state.”
Jacobs was the reporter Gianforte allegedly body-slammed to the floor.
Shaun Scott, a computer science professor at Helena’s Carroll College said the assault charge was barely made it onto his radar screen in his voting decision, Fox News reported.
“If you have somebody sticking a phone in your face, a mic in your face, over and over, and you don’t know how to deal with the situation, you haven’t really done that, you haven’t dealt with that, I can see where it can … make you a little angry,” Scott said Thursday
Another factor helping the candidate was that approximately one-third of Montana’s voters had already cast their decision before the altercation.
Here’s Gianforte’s full victory speech.
Others seemed to agree with Professor Scott — the scuffle with the reporter didn’t matter at all.
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@baumsche @Breaking911 Montanans agreed–just a slight kerfuffle–no biggie, lets get on with #MAGA and #WINNING–the Peoples business!
— Matrix Surfer SAM (@USAlivestrong) May 26, 2017
@Breaking911 Congrats to him!!! Such dignity to apologize. A great victory for us (;
— jdfkaf (@jdfkaf) May 26, 2017
@Breaking911 Congrats to him!!! Such dignity to apologize. A great victory for us (;
— jdfkaf (@jdfkaf) May 26, 2017
@Breaking911 @DarLovesAmerica Nice to apologize to that hipster but really no need
— ? LuLu? (@LuckyBruns) May 26, 2017
You know your ideas suck when your opponent can body slam someone the day before an election & still win! #MontanaElection
— Hispanics for Trump (@HispanicsTrump) May 26, 2017
Hey he just punched a reporter! It's not like he was drunk and drove a car off a bridge & killed someone? #Gianforte #MTAL #MontanaElection pic.twitter.com/pmPUBoMeC8
— Wilsonee 🇺🇸 (@wilsonee) May 26, 2017
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Good point. Remember that time when a Democrat congressman assaulted a student reporter and Dems and media defended him? We do.
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