Letter to the Editor: Tim Sheehy Hasn't Lived "Tough Country" Lifestyle
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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monica@mtdems.org
Helena, MT – Montanans are calling out Mitch McConnell recruit and Montana newcomer Tim Sheehy for claiming to prefer the “tough country” lifestyle, but actually owning luxury resort properties in some of the highest-priced places in the state:
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Letter to the editor: Tim Sheehy hasn't lived "tough country" lifestyle
June 14, 2023
Tim Sheehy could be the latest pick by Mitch McConnell to run for Senate in Montana. McConnell likes Sheehy’s self-image and likes that Sheehy doesn’t have the messy baggage that Zinke and Rosendale have. But the image McConnell likes in Sheehy doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Sheehy says he likes Montana’s “tough country” culture and complains that our wild spaces are being turned into “luxury resorts.” But Sheehy himself is part of this problem.
He bought a private 7-acre peninsula on Flathead Lake, complete with “caretaker quarters” and 2,400 feet of private waterfront, and a ritzy chalet in a private club at a Big Sky that he rents out for more than $1,000 a night. That’s hardly a “tough country” lifestyle.
Sheehy has lived in Montana less [than] ten years, not nearly enough to gain an understanding of working Montanans. That takes a lifetime. No amount of campaign window dressing can make up for it.
Of the people representing Montana in DC, only Tester is a true Montanan who has lived a “tough country” life in Montana, who knows and understands working Montanans and has consistently stood up for them in DC.
Hopefully Montana’s voters will see through this in the next election and keep Jon Tester, the only true Montanan, in office where he can continue doing good work for Montanans.
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