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Contribute their fair share -- >> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. good evening. im chuck todd in washington. what the heck is going on in montana and what has happened to most of the republican party? their reaction to the congressional candidate greg had gianforte has been alarmingly apathetic. in case missed it, troert said he body slammed him. heres what the exchange sounded like on tape. >> i was just curious -- >> okay. speak with shane, please. >> im sick and tired of you guys...

Gianforte said he would get to him later. jacobs persisted. gianforte told him to talk to his press guy. gianforte grabbed jacobs bit neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. we watched in disbelief as gianforte began punching the reporter. as gianforte moved on top of jacobs he began yelling something to the effect of, im sick and tired of this. jacobs scrambled to his knees and said something about his glasses being broken. he asked us for our names. in shock we did not...

Trying to get the interview with the person being x-rayed -- this is not the way we usually spend the eve of an election in this country. allegations of a politician assaulting a reporter are not how we do politics anywhere in america. within the past few minutes the greg gianforte campaign has released a statement with their version of what happened. i will read it to you in full. tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, "the guardians" ben jacobs entered the office ...

Jacobs entered a private office without permission, shufd a recorder in gregs face and began asking badgering questions. greg attempted to grab the phone pushed in his face. jacobs grabbed gregs wrists, pushing them both to the ground. its unfortunate this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer barbecue. >> theres more to this story, as you can imagine. then came this from fox news journalist who says that while she was in the room with a produ...

Police. can i get your guys names? he just body slammed me. >> the campaign put out this statement quote tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, the guardians ben jakens entered without permission, aggressively shoved a recording in gregs face and began asking badgering questions. after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, jacobs declined and jacobs grabbed gregs wrist and spun away pushing them both to the ground. its unfortunate this aggressive behavior from a libe...

I would also like to call the police. can i get you guys names? he just body slammed me. >> youve got to leave. >> in a statement, tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, ben jacobs enter the office without permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in gregs face and asked badgering questions. jacobs was asked to leave. after asking him to lower the recorder, jacobs declined. greg attempted to grab the phone pushed in his face. jacobs grabbed gregs wrist, pushing the...

I just followed up and said youve been talking about this. just wanted to get your response. and then he should have said no, ive had enough and next thing i know, im being body slammed. and he is on top of me for a second. my glasses are broken. its the strangest -- the strangest moment in my entire life reporting. >> it was certainly a strange interaction as captured by the audio we played. now the gianforte campaign has a new statement out. they allege that basically this reporter, jacobs, wa...

>> let me talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but -- >> speak to shane, please. sick and tired of you guys. the last guy did the same thing. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glass. >> get the hell out of here. >> id also like to call the police. can i get your guys names? he just body slammed me. >> the campaign put out this state...

>> youve got to leave. >> disturbing audio. quickly after that, gianfortes campaign released this statement. quote, tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, "the guardians" ben jacobs entered the office, shoved a recorder in gregs face and began badgering, asking questions. jacobs declined to lower the recorder. greg attempted to grab the phone pushed in his face. greg jabbed jacobs wrist, pushing them both to the ground. its unfortunate this aggressive behavior from ...

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