Montana Republican Tim Sheehy joins SiriusXM Breitbart News Saturday In his first interview since receiving the endorsement of the highly influential former President Donald Trump in the Montana Senate race, he said it was a “huge honor” to have the support of the 45th president.
“First of all, of course, I’m very honored to have President Trump’s support,” said Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL. “We have supported him since before the campaign began. We have strongly voiced our support for the America First policies and policies he masterfully enacted during his time in the White House.”
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Notably, Sheehy defended Trump in an interview with Montana Talks in April 2023, shortly after Trump was first indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in 2023, detailing his support for his candidacy. .
Conversely, his opponent in the Republican primary, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), announced his candidacy hours before President Trump endorsed Sheehy Friday, but tweeted in December that Trump He deferred for months before announcing his support for Trump. This came after the 45th president established a commanding lead in the polls, and it was clear that his four indictments had only galvanized support among surrounding Republicans.
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Sheehy lamented the “waste of resources” in the presidential primary, which was “always a race for second place,” and called for party unity behind Trump and his support for U.S. Senate candidates across the country.
“Listen, we’ve had presidential primaries for a long time. I think everyone understood that it was always a race for second place. President Trump won this and took first place in ’24. “I think we wasted a lot of money and resources when everyone knew from the beginning that he was going to stand up and be our leader,” Sheehy said. “Having his support officially now would of course be very beneficial and will hopefully help unite the party early around a candidate who can win this fall. As we know, over the past few years, we haven’t had as many wins as we should across the board, and what Republicans need in 2024 is a durable majority in both chambers. We must win the White House. That is the only way we will make lasting conservative progress and make America great again. Therefore, we must support candidates who can win. We have to — that’s what Donald Trump did to me — and we have to win this fall and win big and save this country.”
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Sheehy joins Gov. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia), Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, and Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake in key battleground states to receive President Trump’s support. is the latest Republican Senate candidate in the US. These four states represent a prime opportunity for Republicans as they seek to gain a Senate majority. Democrats currently have a one-seat advantage in the Senate, 51-49.
Republicans are likely to support a strong candidate, Justice, in the West Virginia Senate race, which Cook Political Report has already covered. marked “Solid R” — Breitbart News Saturday Host and Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle emphasized that “Montana is what really matters,” as Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is seeking re-election.
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“You’re 100 percent right, Matt, and obviously West Virginia looks like it’s on a good trajectory like you said. Then, statistically, as the next best pickup spot. We won Montana, so that’s why I’m in the race,” Sheehy said. “Listen, I mean, being a senator wasn’t necessarily something I wanted to do in my life history, but I was proud to serve our country on the battlefield as a Navy SEAL. My wife was a Marine. [I] started my small business [and] created hundreds of jobs. I love my company. To be honest, I’d love to do it, but the reason I’m here is to see where this country is headed and what’s at stake in this cycle. there is. That’s why I’m working so hard to flip this seat and flip the United States Senate. As you said, the current seat is Montana. That is the keystone. ”
But Sheehy is assuming a majority of at least one seat. As detailed by Breitbart News, the 2024 Senate majority map favors Republicans far more than Democrats, with just two Republican seats giving the left a fair chance of winning. , whereas the right’s realistic chance of winning is 10 seats. , former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md.) was added to the Maryland Senate floor on Friday.
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“It’s important to remember that there are others out there,” Sheehy says. “And what we’re seeing this cycle is that Larry Hogan just announced yesterday in Maryland, it’s occupying the blue seat.” [and] Place it on the battlefield area. Of course, Ohio State is right there. Nevada; Kali Lake, Arizona, has entered. We have some great candidates who can work together to win and get a strong national ticket. And if things go well, we will once again have a durable and decisive majority. To take it because it’s the way it is,” Sheehy said. “You can’t keep trying to use parliamentary tricks to play one-seat, two-seat, three-seat, four-seat majorities to get what needs to be done. As we saw in the House last year, the situation is It was a mess. What we have to do is lock down the major majority so we can make sure we keep the Trump tax cuts. Make sure we close the southern border forever. Lock down permanently instead of 2 or 3 years through executive action. Make sure we pass economic policies that continue to promote business growth and pro-American energy so we can stay and dominate on the world stage. energy. And, of course, our foreign policy over the past three years has been a huge failure.”
“The Senate is supposed to play an important role in shaping our foreign policy. Under our Constitution, the Senate is supposed to be involved in drafting foreign treaties and, of course, ratifying those treaties. , that has been completely usurped by the executive branch,” Sheehy continued. “So the Senate is a very important institution for this country. This is our chance to shift to conservative control, and that could change America for a generation. We need to realize that statistically speaking, we are on the defensive in the Senate in 2019 and 2016. There is no chance of a pickup in these two cycles. This is our chance to save America.”
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