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A lame AP smear job on Greg Gianforte

By Becket Adams
Published June 16, 2017 11:34pm ET
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A lame AP smear job on Greg Gianforte
The AP story is almost entirely about the incoming congressman's assault charge, to which he already plead guilty. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan) | Bobby Calvan

There’s no defending Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte’s assault of a reporter on the eve of the Montana May 25 special election.

But a thinly disguised smear job of the incoming representative published this week by the Associated Press seems totally uncessary.

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