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Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte has put himself firmly on top of the news cycle by allegedly body slamming a Guardian reporter who was asking about the American Health Care Act’s CBO score. Gianforte ran a failed campaign for governor of Montana in 2016, now has his eyes set on the vacated house seat left by Secretary of the InteriorRyan Zinke, but his reported vicious slam of Ben Jacobs on the eve of the election could leave put him behind the 8-ball. Assault is the opposite of cashing in Money in the Bank.
The audio of the event is crazy enough, but until eyewitnesses are thoroughly vetted by the police on the scene, the Internet will have jokes. Many, many jokes. Almost all of which are either wrestling themed. Gianforte does kind of look like Tully Blanchard, to be fair.
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If I know the way wrestling is generally referred to in the press well enough, what Gianforte actually did will be nothing at all like a bodyslam.
Yeah, I heard it was more like a power bomb than a slam
Jacobs (the guy who was attacked) called it a body slam during the altercation. But further descriptions make it seem more like a two handed chock slam.
According to the Fox News reporter it was a double handed choke slam.
Why was Sting beating up a child in that video? I need context, please.