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A pretty solo point. I think that story is more about the candidate than any particular party. Note one of the comments in the article: Both papers, the Misso
by wglb 9y ago
A pretty solo point. I think that story is more about the candidate than any particular party. Note one of the comments in the article:
Both papers, the Missoulian and the Billings Gazette, issued scathing denunciations of Gianforte.
- fossuser 9y agoHe did win though, so while there may have been unusual circumstances suggested by other commenters - he had some support of the people of the state.
- hueving 9y agoBecause people vote party lines. If your goal is Republicans in office, then a little assault isn't gonna get in the way of that.
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- wglb 9y agoThere were a lot of votes cast before the incident, so the outcome might have been different had the incident happened sooner.
- ascagnel_ 9y agoThis is the most salient point -- Montana has one of the largest, if not the largest, vote-by-mail operations in the US, so ballots were probably cast and posted a few days before the election.
- maxerickson 9y agoOregon only uses the mail for voting so Montana isn't the largest.
- hueving 9y agoIt is not the most salient point. I personally know several folks that still voted for him in person after it happened. Getting a Republican into office was the number 1 priority and pushing down a reporter was hardly crossing a line when they already distrust the media.