something. i know who mr. gianforte is and the type of person that he is and it didn t affect the way that i voted. i believe he is the best representative for us. well, the people were polite there. also tweeted during the day, montana voter said you re lucky someone doesn t pop one of you. that audio made me cheer. other voters said there is distrust, particularly in red america, of the media, of what the president and others have politically charged this leftist mainstream media. i don t think it s just about the media. yeah, there s a lot of animus toward the media, particularly on the right but it seems like the coarsening of politics overall. the sense that believe that you believe are not on your side politically are deserving of violence being directed toward them or harsh words being directed toward them. that s a broader trend that has
with misdeamnor assault. so far very few members of the republican party in montana or washington, d.c. have condemned the actions. all but the national republican congressional campaign committee said was quote we all make mistakes. one quote which apparently we re calling misdeamnor assault these days. after this incident a montana leader upon learning our reporter on the ground is from cnn told her you re lucky somebody doesn t pop one of you. just two weeks ago a different reporter was arrested in west virginia after he tried to ask tom price whether domestic violence would be considered a pre-existing condition. the senator sent a letter to the federal communications asked why he was man handled. as the editorial board of the billings gazette, we believe you cannot love america, love the
hope it s going to change their votes. but that may be wishful thinking in this reliably red state. i kind of have compassion on the guy. i know you re a nice reporter but not all of them are nice. aren t you worried about your congressman hitting somebody? not really. i mean, a guy does one thing, that doesn t mean he s that way all the time, right? we spoke to roughly 75 people in twoel polling places in missouri. at this local church doubling as a polling place, one man had no sympathy for the press yelling at me and my team you re lucky someone doesn t pop one of you. ben jacobs says he was body slammed after asking the candidate about the health care bill. sick and tired of you guys! the last guys that came in hire,
election watch party. they re hoping this will make a difference in that group of undecideds or democrats that might be reluctant to vote. they re hoping it will inspire them to get out as far as turnout. wolf, we spoke to a lot of people. i can tell you of all of the people i spoke with, only one said it had changed his mind to go from gianforte to quist. i was surprised by the number of people who said they didn t just accept what happened, that they were actually cheering it on. one person as he went in to vote said to us as he was walking in, you re lucky someone doesn t pop one of you. wolf. very quickly. the house speaker, paul ryan, he suggested that gianforte apologize. has he? reporter: he has not. we haven t heard a peep out of him on social media, on his campaign website. he has not had any public appearances that we are aware of. reporter: kyung lah on the scene for us in montana. thank you very much. let s bring in our specialist. what do you think, how much impact w