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Gianfortes acceptance speech. once again, the montana special congressional election has been called. it was considered -- it was going to go to gianforte, the republican, but it ended up being closer than expected against the democrats rob quist who had no real political experience because of the fact of this incident that occurred wednesday, a reporter for the guardian, ben jacobs, approached gianforte and asked him about this video report on the g.o.p. health care bill. jacobs reportedly held...

And the race between republican greg gianforte and democrat rob kwis is probably getting more attention than it would have for one reason. the body slam heard around the political world. deputies charged gianforte with misdemeanor assault late last night after a reporter from the guardian newspaper named ben jacobs accused him of body slamming him. it started when jacobs asked him a question about the congressional budget office scoring of health care. >> so that was last night, this is tonight,...

President trumps interior secretary in march. montana had back president trump by 20% over hillary clinton, but also be elected as a democratic governor seated gianforte december. gianforte was favored in this race until the theme of the election shifted weight wednesday night. gianforte had a run-in with the law, witnesses including fox correspondent alicia acuna say gianforte body slammed ben jacobs, a reporter for the guardian, and then punched him. jacobs was trying to question gianforte abo...

Now republican greg gianforte is projected to win a seat in the u.s. house of represent testifies from the state of montana. >> latest numbers for you. gianforte has 50.8% of the vote. rob quist with 43.4%. now gianforte apologized for his confrontation with the reporter. saying when you make a mistake you have to own up to it. >> the. >> the alleged assault of ben jacobs marks a new low in relations between the u.s. media and politicians especially republicansen a reporters. the cnn spelling sp...

>> we watched gianforte as he threw ben jacobs to the ground after jacobs asked him question about the gop healthcare plan. >> that altercation not keeping the republican from the win at some speculated. gianforte beating democrat robquist by six points. he drew big democratic money from out of state and had the support of senator bernie sanders galvanized his party base but not able to pull off an upset. today president trump said this from italy.

Canyon software. from reception, to landline, to mobile. i need one number... not two. im always moving forward... because i cant afford to get stuck in the past. comcast business. built for business. >> greg: it was the battle in bozeman, montana. house g.o.p. candidate greg gianforte has been cited for misdemeanor assault after attacking a reporter, ben jacobs who had put a recorder up to his face and started asking questions. double g said not right now the jacobs persisted. sounds like jesse...

The final results of this special congressional election in montana. and the race between republican greg gianforte and democrat rob quist is probably getting more attention than it would have for one reason. the body slam heard around the political world. deputies charged gianforte with misdemeanor assault late last night after a reporter from "the guardian" newspaper named ben jacobs, accused him of body slamming him. it started when jacobs asked him a question about the congressional budget o...

I hit all different kind of weird in the b block right before i talked to michael beschloss. so i feel like im on way more serious drugs than im on. >> the problem with the current news cycle, its hard to tell if youre hallucinating or not. [ laughter ] did you ever think you would be waiting in suspense for a montana special election. >> i know. >> and thats what were here waiting in suspense for that. is a hallucination in and of itself. >> and the fact that its been so interesting. i know you...

Later, jacobs persisted and that is when gianforte threw him to the ground and started punching him. that is when jacobs tried to get his composure, said his glasses were broken and that he was calling the police. kimberly, i can tell you -- i was standing there. 2-3 feet from these men when it happened. i was in the room with our photographer. we were shocked. we had never seen anything like that in response to a reporter coming in and asking questions. >> kimberly: unbelievable. quite an inten...

Gianforte charged with misdemeanor assault. today a whole bunch of newspapers beyond those front pages, a bunch of newspapers that once endorsed greg gianforte for congress, they rescinded on election day. i wonder if its too late. this is a fallout of the news that broke last night that greg gianforte physically assaulted a reporter named ben jacobs from the guardian, last night before the election that gianforte is running in. ben jacobs made an audio recording of the incident that seems to ba...