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In reply to the discussion: Republican Greg Gianforte wins Montana special election [View all]TomCADem
(17,387 posts)60. Sanders Focused On Montana, But Ignores Ossoff and Georgia Race
The Montana race was a longshot while the Georgia race is expected to be much closer. Yet, the DNC is deploying Bernie in Montana, but not Georgia?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sanders-stumps-for-democrat-in-tight-montana-race/2017/05/21/19b280d0-3e34-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html?utm_term=.16a071dea441
BUTTE, Mont. For months, Democrats were careful not to promise too much about Montanas May 25 special election. Hillary Clinton had lost the state by 20.2 points. Rob Quist, the folk-singing Democratic candidate for Congress, had never run for office before. Losing a close race would grant a moral victory; raising the stakes and losing might give Republicans a boost.
On Saturday, in front of 3,000 cheering voters at this Democratic citys Civic Center, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) raised the stakes.
The eyes of the country, actually eyes all over the world, are on the great state of Montana, said Sanders. People are asking: Is it possible for working people, for seniors, for ordinary people, to come together and successfully defeat a candidate of the millionaires? Theyll know it if you do it in Montana.
Sanderss much-anticipated visit kicked off the final stretch of voting in a race that has become closer than either party might have expected. Quist, 69, has raised more than $5 million, nearly doubling the last Democratic candidate for Montanas sole House seat. Millions of dollars have poured in for Greg Gianforte, 56, a software entrepreneur who won the GOP nomination after narrowly losing the 2016 race for governor running nearly 10 points behind Donald Trump.
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The news story has gone national, it's baffling that he's willing to appear in public
Rhiannon12866
May 2017
#11
How anyone can countenance having voted for this violent nut job is beyond me
Rhiannon12866
May 2017
#19
Let's face it: to many Republicans, ruffians and pirates are aspirational figures.
sandensea
May 2017
#21
We once had heroes in this country, elected officials who inspired us to be better
Rhiannon12866
May 2017
#26
Not only did they vote for him he raised quite a bit of money overnight. They're proud.
onecaliberal
May 2017
#40
Bullies, cads, and crooks are aspirational figures for many of our fellow Americans.
sandensea
May 2017
#8
Quist was not a bad candidate. It was a low turnout special election in a red state.
SunSeeker
May 2017
#23
Remember Susan McDougal went to prison for contempt of court, wore leg irons,
Judi Lynn
May 2017
#22
Great. They now have a thug congressman to go along with their sexual predator president.
BlueStater
May 2017
#35