“𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 … 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚,”  -- low information voter

Gianforte's trying to be a politician.  Politicians have to be able "to deal with the situation" of persistent reporters.  𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕.  He shoulda stuck with that, it suits his personality better.  

Well, the low information voters apparently swallowed his defense hook, line and sinker.  I'm sure he'll ask for a jury trial on his assault charge, and we'll see a nice case of jury nullification.  That's how those guys roll.  Lucky he no live Hawai'i.