Helena 's Independent Record editorial board rescinded its prior endorsement of Gianforte .
On Wednesday October 10th , 2017 , Giantforte 's jail mugshot was released publicly by a Gallatin County Court order.  rescinding it ’ s prior endorsement of Gianforte , Helena 's Independent Record editorial board noted that Gianforte had encouraged his supporters to boycott certain newspapers , singled out a reporter in a room to point out that he was outnumbered , and even made a joke out of the notion of choking a news writer .
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