Guardian Reporter Ben Jacobs On Greg Gianforte 'Body Slam' (Exclusive) | All In | MSNBC

Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs gives his account of what happened at a Montana campaign event where he alleges GOP candidate Greg Gianforte 'body slammed' him.

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[dirkbonesteel]

I am getting tired of all this winning

[iamreesebey]

So he got body slammed and no one went to jail? Wtf? Since when do you call the cops about getting assaulted and no one goes to jail. I've seen cops arrest both parties just because they couldn't get the truth

[heatherjordan]

Ben I'm so sorry this happened to you. You sound pretty shaken. Its absolutely disgusting that anyone would think that it was acceptable to assault you. This clearly is an individual who has no business working in government, he should be ashamed of himself. Rest up and get better.

[joeyyyyy]

it's sad because most of the Republican Party allow this type of behavior. And then they will make up some stupid excuse for why he did what he did. The reporter better sue and/or press charges!!

[blabd]

Jacobs also had an article on a $250 million Russian payment to this dude

[mstKGf]

At the very minimum, we should expect our public officials to not act like wrestling villains.

[mischiefpwns]

Press charges and sue if your elbow is broken.

[johngandy]

Its really tough being in a fight where you take it because you are a better man. People support the "winner" of the fight (ask George Foreman), and the real "winner" of a fight like this is, the guy that just took it. Ben had the decency to not resort to Gianforte's level. Ben Jacobs is going to have to live with the trauma of being attacked for no reason. He will always wonder what it would have felt like to break Gianforte's jaw (despite how homeboy had ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO ATTACK HIM). Thank you Ben for not physically striking him back. You showed Gianforte how to be a human. He might learn something.

[margaretdell]

Gianforte wants a government position with a really bad temper. Yikes. What a jerk. He let his true colors shine.

[geoffdearth]

How serious does a crime have to be before you are removed from the ballot?

[DevotedDisciple-x]

Ben Jacobs instigated this. He is the type who gets in someones face and starts a confrontation and when is asked to back off, not once, but twice, keeps on with it. So he finally gets pushed down and he runs off crying to the police claiming he didnt do anything and the guy just randomly attacked him.

[mobeydick]

If you have no problem whit the action of the reporter I have no problem with the action of the politician regardless of his political affiliations!

[spike]

GOP's finest, uncaring, unknowing, and unqualified,
A derelict throwback of the 1950’s
Thankfully, there are much better options,

[babygretz]

btw the tissue I blew my nose into today was more interesting & truthful than anything that msnbc has said since election day...

[farthertogether]

Thank you for your reporting. I never realized how important it is, and now, sadly, in America it's becoming physically dangerous.

[daninorman]

That was .... freakin awesome! do you smell what Gianforte's cooking?

[tommiegunn]

"Lock Greg Gianforte Up As Trump Would Say!"

[Belcanto]

Congratulations congressman Greg Gianforte. Job well done. Keep up the good work.

[TiempoNuevo-ewty]

Can you blame Republicans for their reactions to media ...especially left leaning and fake news.

[sideonsid]

Fox news reporters were witnesses and this is what they had to say -
// ".... at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see
Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte " //