{"id":34066,"date":"2018-10-20T13:34:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T20:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34066"},"modified":"2018-10-20T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T20:34:32","slug":"trump-promotes-violence-against-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/20\/trump-promotes-violence-against-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Promotes Violence against Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news this week has been dominated by the Saudi assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.  He is Saudi, a US resident, the father of two American citizens, and a journalist for the Washington post.  Given the several incidents of violent terrorism committed by rabid Republican Trump supporters, one could not pick a worse time to promote violence against journalists.  But that’s exactly what Trump did.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1020Trumpminnesota\"<\/p>\n

[O]ur [p<\/strike>]resident held a political rally in Montana this week. In between screaming \u201cfake news!\u201d at the fenced-in media and leading attendees in the  \u201clock her up!\u201d chant, Trump decided that a Thursday night in October, less than three weeks before the midterm elections, was the perfect time to tell his adoring audience what a great fighter he is.<\/p>\n

He found himself in reliably red Montana, which he carried by 20 points in 2016, having to give a rally to support the Republican candidate for Senate, Matt Rosendale, because he is running two points behind<\/a> the Democratic incumbent, Jon Tester, according to the latest polls.<\/p>\n

He was also there to support the campaign of Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte, who is running for re-election. You will perhaps recall Gianforte as the congressional candidate who slammed a reporter for the Guardian to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face in June of 2017, reportedly because he was \u201csick and tired\u201d of the reporter asking him questions. \u201cAny guy who can do a body slam, he\u2019s my candidate, he\u2019s my guy,\u201d Trump told his Montana crowd, to applause and loud screams of approval.<\/p>\n

During the week his White House has been consumed with finding some way to excuse the apparent murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudis in their embassy in Istanbul, Turkey, Trump decided now was a good time to celebrate the only member of Congress who has been convicted of violently assaulting a journalist who was just doing his job, covering a political campaign…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Raw Story<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s video of the event.<\/font><\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n