Politics

[dkst0426]

For what it's worth, Gianforte's lead in a solid red state had been steadily dwindling. This is still unlikely to swing the vote, but hey, most members of Congress end up resigning when faced with criminal charges anyway.

 

[aiw]

then they could have a special election!

 

[dkst0426]

then they could have a special election!

Since this was to fill Zinke's seat, would that make it a double special?

 

[aiw]

 

[DrKlahn]

I guess it would be a very special election.

 

[ZackM]

I don't know if any of you saw The Rock on Jimmy Fallon's show the other night, but it pretty much confirms that he is 100% going to run for president.

 

[bfactor]

Oh, boy!

"At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the man, as he moved on top the reporter and began yelling something to the effect of 'I'm sick and tired of this!'"

"To be clear, at no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte, who left the area after giving statements to local sheriff's deputies."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05 ... orter.html

 

[aiw]

The only way he doesn't win is if he gets arrested tonight. Even then, he will probably still win. It's even worse than what Ben Jacobs said per Foxnews. Weird.

 

[DrKlahn]

Unless there was a no touching of the hair or face rule, this all seems fine to me so far

 

[bfactor]

Maybe he was in such shock that he had just been slammed to the ground that he didn't notice the guy was also throwing punches? Really bizarre.

Guess FoxNews thought the exclusive was just too good to pass up.

 

[dkst0426]

The county sheriff is a Gianforte donor:

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Gootkin&cycle=&state=MT&zip=&employ=&cand=

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

I will never step foot in Montana/Idaho/Wyoming. I assume anyone can simply kill anyone else out there.

 

[DrKlahn]

That dude is obviously winning by 25 points tonight

 

[deepdarkblue]

That dude is obviously winning by 25 points tonight

They'll want him to run for president.

 

[deepdarkblue]

The folks who still love Trump and all they believe he stands for must be struggling with this treacherous, backstabbing FoxNews

 

[deepdarkblue]

Lol

 

[skins]

 

[JohaadDBC]

That's not real, right?

 

[deepdarkblue]

So Macron did the Trump handshake thing to Trump?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/macron-trump-handshake/

"They shook hands for an extended period of time. Each president gripped the other's hand with considerable intensity, their knuckles turning white and their jaws clenching and faces tightening."

"The photogs noticed that Trump and Macron were gripping their hands hard and in photo below. Trump seems to just want his hand back."

 

[aiw]

Constant embarrassment

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/d ... 49282.html

US President Donald Trump complained bitterly about the German trade surplus on his meeting with the EU top in Brussels. "The Germans are evil, very evil," said Trump. This was learned by the SPIEGEL from participants in the meeting.


Trump said, "Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US, and we'll stop that."

I had to use chrome translate