#tim sheehy

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Emily Singer at Daily Kos:

Montana Republican Senate nominee Tim Sheehy appears to have been caught in yet another lie about his military service. NBC News reported on Thursday that despite Sheehy claiming to have been discharged from his service in the military because he was declared medically unfit to serve, his discharge records say Sheehy voluntarily resigned and did not cite any medical conditions. 

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This is the latest false claim Sheehy appears to have made about his time as a Navy SEAL, service he has touted on the campaign trail in his quest to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. In April, The Washington Post reported a discrepancy in a story Sheehy told about being shot in the arm. On the campaign trail, Sheehy said he was shot in the arm while serving in Afghanistan in 2012. However, in October 2015, Sheehy went to the emergency room after a trip to Glacier National Park, where he reported having a gunshot wound in his arm. He told a park ranger that he had shot himself in the arm in the park by accident, and was fined $525 for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park. He later said he purposefully lied to the ranger about the gunshot wound because he hadn’t reported being shot in the arm to the military. He said he didn’t report it to the military at the time because the wound may have been from friendly fire and he didn’t want anyone in his unit to get in trouble.

[...] Questions about his military service are not the only scandal Sheehy has faced during the election. Sheehy was hit by a lawsuit in April from former employees of his aerial firefighting company of defrauding them out of millions of dollars.  Sheehy has also been slammed by Native American groups in the state after he used racist stereotypes in talking about the Native population in the state. At a fundraiser in November 2023, Sheehy talked about going cattle branding on Montana’s Crow Reservation, and said it’s “a great way to bond with all the Indians out there while they’re drunk at 8 AM.” Polls show Sheehy, a multimillionaire Minnesota transplant, leading Tester in the race, which could determine control of the Senate. Tester has an uphill battle to overcome the likely double-digit win former President Donald Trump will pull off in the state, which would require Tester to win over a number of GOP voters.

GOP Montana Senate nominee Tim Sheehy caught in yet another lie about his military service record.

This should be disqualifying, but sadly, he’ll defeat incumbent Jon Tester (D) and flip this seat (and likely the Senate) red.

[mudwerks]

(via Tim Sheehy Was Recorded Using Racist Stereotypes About Native Americans - The New York Times)

In one recording, Mr. Sheehy, a cattle rancher and businessman, can be heard saying that he had participated in roping and branding cattle on the Crow Reservation, in southeastern Montana, and that it was “a great way to bond with all the Indians out there, while they’re drunk at 8 a.m.” In another clip, he said that he had ridden in a Crow parade, and that “they’ll let you know whether they like you or not, there’s Coors Light cans flying by your head.”

In Montana, some Native Americans said they were appalled but not surprised by Mr. Sheehy’s comments, first reported by The Char-Koosta News, which covers the Flathead Indian reservation in the northwestern part of the state.

“Appalled but not surprised”, because all maga candidates are required to be racist, misogynist pieces of shit.

[tomorrowusa]

Discovering that another prominent Trump supporter has racist inclinations is not exactly news. But this guy is running for a Democratic-held Senate seat in a tight race in Montana and deserves special attention.

A Republican candidate in a race that could decide control of the US Senate made disparaging comments about Native Americans at campaign fundraising events, according to recordings disclosed in local media. Tim Sheehy, a wealthy cattle rancher who has been endorsed by Donald Trump in his bid to become senator for Montana, made the remarks repeatedly at a series of gatherings where he boasted of cultivating ties and bonding with members of the Crow Reservation, the official home of the Indigenous Crow tribe. In one clip, Sheehy says he ropes and brands cattle with Crow members and calls it “a great way to bond with all the Indians while they’re drunk at 8am”. In another recording, he says: �� I was actually at the Crow Res and if you want a tough crowd … you miss that double heel shot, there’s a Coors Light can on the side of your head.” The references to a Coors Light can being thrown were recorded at three different gatherings, according to the Char-Koosta News, which covers the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. On one occasion, Sheehy says the flying cans are a sign of whether Crow members “like you or not”.

If Sheehy made a racist comment once he might get away with saying he "misspoke" – or that he may (ironically) have been drunk. But when you repeatedly make the same comment, there's no excuse. Sheehy is a racist at heart.

Sheehy, like Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, is just another Republican carpetbagger from another state.

Sheehy, 37, a former Navy Seal who moved to Montana 10 years ago, is trying to unseat the Democratic Senate incumbent Jon Tester.

Sheehy's comments are standard fare for MAGA.

The GOP candidate’s comments about Crow members are seen as particularly embarrassing because the tribe has been seen as vociferously pro-Trump. Native Americans have been a key voter bloc for Tester in his three previous successful campaigns but he has been warned that their support is not guaranteed. Calvin Lime, who lives on another Indigenous reservation in the state, called Sheehy’s comments “a slap in the face” to Crow members.

If you get a "slap in the face" then the best thing is to slap back even harder

Sheehy is a typical Republican who preaches family values but is far different in reality.

News of Sheehy’s comments is not the first potentially damaging episode of his campaign. Last year, he was forced on the defensive after sexist and racist Facebook posts allegedly written by him came to light. Insiders said the posts – made between 2006 and 2008 and since taken down – were “full of questionable photos” and featured “lewd photos of women, a caricature of Middle Eastern people and homoerotic jokes”.

It's just a matter of time before we learn of even more repulsive behavior by Tim Sheehy.

Montanans who don't want to be represented by a hypocritical, carpetbagging, racist slimeball should re-elect Jon Tester as their US senator.

Montanans for Jon Tester Defending our Montana way of life

EDIT: More Montana reaction to Sheehy's racist comments...

Tribal leaders, legislators respond to Sheehy recordings Lawmakers: Sheehy’s comments 'wrong, derogatory, hurtful'

[scottguy]

Article: 'So Confusing': Montana GOP Senate Candidate Gives Shifting Explanations About Gunshot Wound

'So Confusing': Montana GOP Senate Candidate Gives Shifting Explanations About Gunshot Wound

Dumb enough to shoot himself and he gets caught in lies. Must be a Republican!

[alyfoxxxen]

More recordings show Sheehy disparaging Natives, federal government, Tester • Daily Montanan

[raffaellamilandri]

I Nativi Americani e l’acqua di fuoco (e le dichiarazioni di Tim Sheehy)

di Raffaella Milandri © Una dichiarazione, resa pubblica ai primi di settembre, del candidato repubblicano Tim Sheehy del Montana, facoltoso proprietario di una compagnia di aerei ed elicotteri antincendio, ha suscitato un polverone parlando, in modo razzista e insultando la popolazione nativa, della famosa “acqua di fuoco”. Sheehy ha raccontato al suo pubblico, durante le raccolte fondi per la…

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(Screenshot from WaPo's Early Brief)

A "decorated former Navy SEAL" talks racist trash about Native Americans?

Guess the SEALs aren't anywhere near what they used to be.

[calicojack1718]

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Trump is in free fall losing to a Black woman and denied the opportunity to avenge his Election 2020 loss against Joe Biden. This is called narcissistic collapse. He is depressed and ftilting at windmills. Luckily, he has JD Vance to blame for any losses.

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Kevin Robillard and Arthur Delaney at HuffPost:

CHICAGO ― Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stood on stage at the Democratic National Convention and made a very bold prediction. “We’re going to hold the Senate again, and we’re poised to pick up seats,” he told the delegates in the United Center. The fact Schumer feels confident in his prediction reflects the remarkable strength of most Democratic incumbents in swing states. But it also flies in the face of a tough reality for Democrats: Even if they win every swing state race, it might not be enough to get them control of the U.S. Senate. To keep the word “majority” in Schumer’s title, Democrats will need to win at least one of three states where Republican nominee Donald Trump is a significant favorite in November: Texas, Florida or Montana. Each of the three states presents distinct challenges for the party, and it’s difficult to describe them as favored in any of the three.

It’s the culmination of a long-standing problem for the party: The Senate’s bias toward rural states advantages the GOP’s political coalition, forcing Democrats to repeatedly pitch the political equivalent of perfect games to stay in control of Congress’ upper chamber. Republicans clearly believe the social conservatism of those voters will be more than enough for them to flip the Senate, with a win in West Virginia essentially guaranteed following the retirement of Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W. Va.). Democrats currently have a 50-49 edge in the chamber.

“Securing the border is top of mind for voters, and Senate Democrats are delusional if they think they’re going to win with candidates like Colin Allred, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Sen. Jon Tester, who have long records of opposing border security,” said Torunn Sinclair, the communications director for Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC controlled by allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. In Montana, Democrats have the advantage of incumbency, but it might not be enough for Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to overcome a challenge from Republican Tim Sheehy. In Texas and Florida, Democrats are running against unpopular GOP incumbents Ted Cruz and Rick Scott, but are also on long-standing statewide losing streaks.

The road for the Democrats to retain even a 50+VP majority, let alone an outright one, in the Senate will be a very tough one, as West Virginia is assured of flipping Republican.

For the Donkeys to keep control, they need to either have Kamala Harris/Tim Walz win the Presidency and no other Democratic candidate lose (50+VP scenario), or flip either Texas and/or Florida and keep what they got.

[omegasmileyface]

yknow that phenomenon where you see a tumblr post criticising anothet post and then you dont see that original post until several days after yoive seen the critique? that just happened to me w political ads. ive been seeing ads saying jon tester is "running on a haircut" for weeks and ive been trying to figure out what that meant. well i just FINALLY saw an ad of his where he says "montana is where you can still get a $12 haircut". ah

[psychotiicals]

why am i getting tim sheehy ads on my tumblr of all the fucking places. if ur a montanan using tumblr in this day and age you are not voting for him and his shady ass policies why is this superpac even spending yhe money to advertise here

[mydaddywiki]

Jon Tester

Physique: Husky Build Height: 6'1¼" (1.86 m)

Raymond Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an American politician and farmer serving since 2007 as the senior United States senator from Montana. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Montana's congressional delegation, and has been the only congressional Democrat since 2015, and since 2021 the only Democrat holding statewide office in Montana. He served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007, and as its president for his last two years in the chamber. He lost his re-election campaign in 2024 to Republican nominee Tim Sheehy.

Tester hardly fits the modern profile of the Senate. Sporting a flat-top haircut and clocking in at 300 pounds and six-feet tall with three missing left fingers he lost in a meat grinder as a child, Mr Tester resembles a retired football lineman in cowboy boots than a United States senator. And it's rare these days to find a politician sporting such a big belly. So much so, that I'm captivated by it.

Born in Havre, MT, Tester grew up in Chouteau County, near the town of Big Sandy, MT. In 1978, he graduated from the University of Providence (then called the College of Great Falls) with a B.A. in music. Tester then worked for two years as a music teacher in the Big Sandy School District before returning to operate his family's farm and custom butcher shop. Tester’s first electoral office was a seat on the Big Sandy Board of Education (1983–92). In 1998, he ran for the Montana Senate as a Democrat, winnig and taking office the following year. He served as president of that body from 2005 to 2006, when he left to run for the U.S. Senate.

Again straight (what man that I like isn't) as he's married Sharla Bitz, and together they have two children. A former music teacher with a reputation for folksy, down-to-earth authenticity and cursing with abandon. Jon even butchers and brings his own meat with him to Washington, saying "Taking meat with us is just something that we do. We like our own meat." Well, if you're giving out samples of your meat Sen. Tester, I bet we all would love your meat. And by meat, I mean your PENIS.

[scottguy]

OUR park lands are not for sale or rape by profiteers.

In an effort to recast himself as a champion of federal public lands, Tim Sheehy turned to two men who stand to do more harm than good.

Montana GOP Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy has spent the last several months defending himself against accusations that he poses a threat to America’s federal public lands — a mess that the multimillionaire businessman and former Navy SEAL created when, shortly after launching his campaign, he explicitly called for federal lands to be “turned over to state agencies, or even counties.”

Around 640 million acres, or 28% of all land in the nation, are managed by the federal government — and owned collectively by all U.S. citizens. Republicans across Western states, where the vast majority of federal lands are located, have long sought to wrest control of them from the federal government — a move that conservationists and public land experts warn would ultimately lead to them being sold and privatized.