The lessons of Ted Cruz’s Cancun fiasco seemed obvious. Perhaps Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte wasn’t paying close enough attention. (via MaddowBlog)
To the extent that Gov. Greg Gianforte is known to a national audience, it’s because of an incident from May 2017. The Montana Republican physically assaulted a journalist who asked a question about health care policy, throwing the reporter to the ground and breaking his glasses., Gianforte and his team lied to the public about the unprovoked violence, and we later learned that the Montanan lied to the police, too.
Gianforte nevertheless won his election, and after the votes were counted, he pleaded guilty to assault. The Republican was sentenced to, among other things, anger management classes. Five years later, the governor may soon be remembered for a very different kind of story. The Washington PostMontana National Guard soldiers are deployed around the Yellowstone region, where they say they have rescued dozens of people from this week’s severe floods and ushered travelers along ravaged roads. The FEMA administrator is now in the state, surveying the destruction. Montana Red Cross officials are operating evacuation centers across the area.
A couple of days ago, as conditions in Montana worsened, the state formally requested federal disaster relief, which the White House was quick to approve. What stood out, however, was the fact that the requestIt was at that point that many Montanans started to realize that in the midst of a brutal disaster, they had no idea where their governor was.that Gianforte was out of the country, but it was something of a mystery when he left, where he was, and when he’d return.
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