At a campaign rally in Missoula on Thursday, Mr Trump lauded the congressman who pleaded guilty to misdemeanour assault for an attack on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs. “Any guy that can do a body slam — he’s my kind of guy,” Mr Trump said to cheers and laughter from the Montana crowd. He’s going to lose the election,” Mr Trump recalled. And it did.”Mr Gianforte pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour assault charge in June 2017 and said in an apology letter that he alone was responsible for the attack. Mr Trump referenced Mr Gianforte again later in the rally when discussing former vice president Joe Biden, who once said he would “beat the hell out of” Mr Trump if they were in high school.

Source: Irish Independent October 19, 2018 06:33 UTC