Montana Democrats hosting New Jersey politician at fundraiser

[TomCADem]

Source: Boseman Daily

Montana Democrats have announced that they’re bringing in a New Jersey politician for their keynote speaker at an annual fundraising event in Helena.

Executive board member Jorge Quintana tweeted Wednesday that New Jersey’s U.S. Sen. Cory Booker would be coming to the Democrats’ Mansfield-Metcalf dinner on March 18.

The announcement comes as the Democrats continue criticizing Republican candidate Greg Gianforte as an outsider from, wait for it ... New Jersey.

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Gianforte grew up in Pennsylvania and studied computer science at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He co-founded a software company in that state in 1986, later selling it to Internet security firm McAfee for $10 million. He moved to Bozeman in 1995.

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I am surprised that Democrats in Montana would be inviting Cory Booker given that it is such a red leaning State. Then again, it is good that Sanders, Warren and Booker make outreach into red states.

[MontanaMama]

1. I've never been comfortable

with the "if you're not a native Montanan" you don't get to have an opinion argument here in Big Sky Country. I always joke that I'm a "naturalized citizen" because I've lived in MT since 1977. I'll join my fellow Democrats in working against Greg Gianforte not because he is an outsider but because he is a religious wing nut and rabid charter school proponent. If Ryan Zinke is promoted to the Department of the Interior, Gianforte will be his right hand man actively handing over our public land to private interests. It'll be a freaking disaster for Montana.

[bluescribbler]

2. Senator Booker is a popular speaker

He'll probably sell a lot more tickets than some home grown Dem. I recall a few years when the Mass Dems invited George McGovern to be keynote speaker at our state convention.

[brooklynite]

3. He's there because he's laying the groundwork for a Presidential run...

...and he was invited because he is.