USA TODAY – Trump praises GOP Montana congressman Greg Gianforte who assaulted reporter: ‘Any guy that can do a body slam — he’s my guy.’- Implies Montanans Approved

President Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman who body slammed a reporter last year, saying the lawmaker was “my guy.”

Trump, speaking at a rally in Montana, said Rep. Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter who asked him a question, was a good guy.

“Greg is smart and, by the way, never wrestle him,” the president said, motioning as though he was slamming someone to the ground. “Any guy that can do a body slam — he’s my guy.”

He added Gianforte was a “great guy” and a “tough cookie.”

Christal Hayes

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/18/donald-trump-greg-gianforte-bodyslammed-reporter-my-kind-guy/1690729002/

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Trump hails Gianforte for assaulting reporter, implies Montanans approved

President Donald Trump regaled a laughing, cheering audience in Missoula Thursday night with a rousing endorsement of Rep. Greg Gianforte’s assault of a journalist in 2017, saying it may have helped him win Montana’s sole seat in the U.S. House.

It certainly earned him the president’s endorsement and admiration, Trump told a crowd estimated at 8,000 at the Minuteman Aviation hangar west of Missoula.

“Never wrestle him. Never,” Trump said of Gianforte. “Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of … he’s my guy.”

By Laura Lundquist

https://www.missoulacurrent.com/government/2018/10/trump-missoula-gianforte/