GALLATIN COUNTY — Hundreds of people turned out for Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who was joined by former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on the campaign trail Thursday evening in Gallatin County.
Gabbard, now an Independent, has since defected from the Democratic Party (when acknowledged at the event, that elicited some of the biggest applause of the evening) and in the last couple years she has campaigned for Republican candidates across the country.
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Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative, meets with attendees to an event supporting Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate for the US Senate, on Thursday at Rockin’ TJ Ranch.
Before the stop outside Bozeman, the duo was also in Kalispell on Thursday morning where roughly 350 people attended the event in addition to the roughly 400 people who came out in Bozeman, the Sheehy campaign said. It was standing-room only at the Gallatin County rally and attendees moved fans throughout the room that was packe…
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Sheehy recently coasted to victory in the Republican primary in early June, beating the second-place candidate by 54.2 points.
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Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, meets with supporters after his speech on Thursday at Rockin’ TJ Ranch.
Sheehy spoke briefly Thursday, touching on his usual points, criticizing Tester’s voting record, naming “apathy” as the “biggest threat” to the nation, blaming President Joe Biden for myriad issues and saying the main thing he wants is to bring “common sense” back to D.C.
Sheehy focused much of his criticism on Biden and shied away from going after Tester’s character, acknowledging that the senator has “high likability in the state”.
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