this is the gianforte campaign statement from bozeman. tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private office, the guardian s ben jacobs entered the office without permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in greg s face and began asking badgering questions. jacobs was asked to everyone la. after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, he declined. greg then attempted to grab the phone that was placed in his face. he grabbed his wrist and spun away from greg, pushing them both to the ground. it s unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer bbq. that was shane scanlon, spokesperson for montana. we should play you the audio that documents the exchange, and you can decide for yourself whether the account given by the campaign is accurate. so just take a listen to that. you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill, and it just came out. we ll talk to you about tha
shoved a recorder in greg s face and began asking badgering questions. jacobs was asked to everyone la. after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, he declined. greg then attempted to grab the phone that was placed in his face. he grabbed his wrist and spun away from greg, pushing them both to the ground. it s unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer bbq. that was shane scanlon, spokesperson for montana. we should play you the audio that documents the exchange, and you can decide for yourself whether the account given by the campaign is accurate. so just take a listen to that. you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill, and it just came out. we ll talk to you about that later. but there s not going to be time. i m just curious speak with shane, please. i m sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here, you did the same thing.
this particular candidate to do this, that is the end effect when you begin behaving that way. the fish rots from the head. the tone of the politics of the country is set by the president of the united states. well, steve, i want to go to your reaction because you ve been in public life, in and out of the private sector in government. but i want to replay, if anyone is just joining us now, replay that audio because it s pretty stunning. take a listen right now. this is ben jacobs. you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. we ll talk to but that later. there s not going to be time. i m speak with shane, please. i m sick and tieshd of you guys. the last guy that came in here did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with the guardian? yes, and you just broke my glasses. the last guy did the same damn thing. you just body slammed me and broke my
later. but there s not going to be time. i m just curious speak with shane, please. i m sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with the guardian? yes, and you just broke my glasses. the last guy did the same damn thing. you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. get the hell out of here. you d like me to get the hell out of here. i d also like to call the police. can i get you guys names. you got to leave. he just body slammed me. you got to leave. again, we have that campaign statement from republican greg gianforte s campaign that he was had a phone shoved in his face, that he tried to get the phone unshoved from his face as it were. after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, greg attempted to grab the phobe that was pushed in his face. jacobs grabbed greg s wrist and
folks at home can listen. take a listen. the cbo score because you were waiting to make your decision until you saw the bill. we ll talk to you about that later. i m just curious okay. speak with shane, please. i m sick and tired of you guys! the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you with the guardian? yes, and you just broke my glasses. the last guy did the same damn thing. you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. get the hell out of here. you d like me to get the hell out of here. i d also like to call the police. can i get your guys names? he just body slammed me. whoa. yeah. so what is he referring to when he says some guy just did