Here Are Three Questions Tim Sheehy Must Answer At His Friday Event
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Montanans are owed the truth – Sheehy must release his Kalispell medical records
Helena, MT – After new reporting raised more questions about the lies Tim Sheehy has told around his gunshot wound, here are the three questions Sheehy must answer at the Yellowstone County Lincoln-Reagan dinner on Friday, his next scheduled appearance:
Will you immediately release your Kalispell medical records so Montanans know the nature of your injuries treated at the Kalispell hospital that day?
Why did you repeatedly tell Montanans you grew up in “rural” Minnesota when you actually grew up three miles from a Trader Joe’s and 15 minutes from Minneapolis?
Will you finally grant an interview with a Montana news outlet to answer questions about the many questions raised about your background?
Reporting from the Washington Post raised questions about a bullet wound that Sheehy says on the campaign trail was from Afghanistan, even though records show that Sheehy told a park ranger he shot himself in the arm in Glacier National Park in 2015. Sheehy now claims he lied to the park ranger to cover up an unreported injury from Afghanistan.
But new National Park Service documents uncovered this week revealed additional details that contradict Sheehy’s account – including that a park visitor initially reported the gunshot in the Logan Pass parking lot that Sheehy now claims never happened.
Montanans deserve full truth and transparency from Sheehy, and the only way he can provide this is by immediately releasing his medical records.
Read more:
Washington Post: Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident
Helena Independent Record: More details emerge in Sheehy gunshot wound debacle
Business Insider: GOP Senate candidate's story about shooting himself gets weirder
Additional reporting has revealed even more discrepancies in how Sheehy has described other parts of his biography: The Daily Beast revealed he lied about growing up in rural Minnesota, Vanity Fair detailed that he misled Montanans about being a rancher when he’s actually a “wannabe cowboy,” and Daily Beast uncovered that he lied about “bootstrapping” his company “from scratch” while omitting that he benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars from his family.
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