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Montana Rep. Rosendale drops US House reelection bid, citing rumors and death threat
https://www.yahoo.com/news/montana-rep-rosendale-drops-us-193329574.html ^

Posted on 03/09/2024 7:08:07 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday — the second time in the past month that the hardline conservative lawmaker has entered and then quickly dropped out of a congressional race.

Rosendale cited defamatory rumors and a death threat against him that prompted the lawmaker to call law enforcement to check on his children as reasons for retiring at the end of his term in January 2025.

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To: Starboard

No “/sarc” needed — it’s very true.


21 posted on 03/09/2024 7:40:29 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Matt Rosendale has a 100% rating on the Liberty Score published by Conservative Review and a 100% rating on the Freedom Index published by The New American. Like many states, Montana has a moderate Republican establishment that abhors solid conservatives remaining in office. Given the rejection of RINOs in primaries in North Carolina and Texas, it would not be surprising if the country club crowd resorted to extralegal means of sidelining Rosendale.
22 posted on 03/09/2024 7:42:20 AM PST by Wallace T. ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks. The Left uses labels to great effect, both to target opponents and to favorably brand their own initiatives.

They are better with words and actions than the Right, which mostly whines and complains rather than holding the Left’s feet to the fire.


23 posted on 03/09/2024 7:49:06 AM PST by Starboard
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To: MTBobcat

I live in Montana. The rumor has been floating around for weeks that he got his 20 year old staffer pregnant. Probably true.


24 posted on 03/09/2024 7:51:55 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Alas Babylon!; JonPreston
"When empires fall it happens in stages, not all at once."

Stage 1 - 16th - The power to tax income becomes the power to grow government power.

Stage 2 - 17th - Senators chosen by popular vote eliminated Constitutional balance of Fed, State and People. Government power multiplies.

Stage 3 - 19th - Women get the vote, government power grows exponentially.

25 posted on 03/09/2024 7:52:09 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Starboard

They are better with words and actions than the Right, which mostly whines and complains rather than holding the Left’s feet to the fire.*

U R so right. We can’t beat them in the ‘cool’ department-think BJ & Obama. Same in the area of Santa Claus.

What Trump can do at the SOTU is acknowledge the siren call with the sheeple mentality. Then he can say “Look at me-I’m cool”. Disarming.


26 posted on 03/09/2024 7:58:52 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Reily

You don’t think left Marxists aren’t threatening conservatives?

You are so wrong.


27 posted on 03/09/2024 8:03:32 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If true

So what?


28 posted on 03/09/2024 8:04:33 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Gary from Dayton
If he was truly afraid of the death threat he would not mention that he got a death threat.

The first rule of Death Threat Club is nobody talks about Death Threat Club.

29 posted on 03/09/2024 8:09:06 AM PST by BipolarBob (If you bring up my past, you should know that Jesus dropped all of the charges.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I might move it back to having sinators elected directly vs appointed and the imposition of the income tax.


30 posted on 03/09/2024 8:18:05 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yo Matt. Start “carrying”. That will take care of any and all “death threats” you get from the fart-left, turd rollers.


31 posted on 03/09/2024 8:19:25 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Could a "caravan" of freeloading U.S. citizens be able to make it into Mexico before they are shot?)
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To: JonPreston

In that case, our fall began in November 1960 when the election was stolen from Richard Nixon in order to put a liberal coward into the White House.


32 posted on 03/09/2024 8:22:17 AM PST by LouAvul (If America will repent of its wickedness and return to Christ, He will forgive and restore. )
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To: BBB333

Troy Downing


33 posted on 03/09/2024 8:24:38 AM PST by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Levy78

I live in Montana too and have heard nothing about this but I did receive a call last night from a friend who is connected to the state party and used to work for Conrad Burns. Didn’t see it until later but I’ll call him back this morning.


34 posted on 03/09/2024 8:27:28 AM PST by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Henchster; JonPreston
The British historian John Glubb wrote that American decline started with Woodrow Wilson's second term (1917-1921).

Also, during this time, the state legislatures ratified four consecutive bad constitutional amendments from 1913 to 1920: the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments.

35 posted on 03/09/2024 8:28:36 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Could Jesse Helms win today in NC?”

Considering he was a take no prisoners brawler and NC has elected a veto proof GOP legislature, I would say he could. Everybody said Jesse would lose back then too.


36 posted on 03/09/2024 8:30:13 AM PST by Luke21
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To: MTBobcat

It has been covered extensively on the ‘bozeman’ and ‘montana’ thread on Reddit by the political junkies... started appearing several weeks ago.


37 posted on 03/09/2024 8:33:56 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: VTenigma

America is done. I’ve been saying this for years.

Only divine intervention could possibly revive it and it’s not deserved at this point.


38 posted on 03/09/2024 8:38:10 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Laying down in the center of the arena and being eaten by the lions is a rotten way to die


39 posted on 03/09/2024 8:40:24 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

1. He took money
or
2. He is being blackmailed for an affair

Occam’s razor


40 posted on 03/09/2024 8:47:29 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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