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How a Man Takes a Body Slam

In an assault in Montana, two very different ideas of masculinity
Source: Matt Volz / AP

On Wednesday the Republican congressional candidate in Montana’s special election Greg Gianforte physically assaulted Ben Jacobs, a reporter from The Guardian, according to Jacobs himself and Fox News reporters who were present.

Jacobs recorded the interaction and published the audio, tweeting “Listen to me get body-slammed in Montana.”

The question Jacobs had asked Gianforte was about the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the new

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