Sheehy Packs the House for Breakfast at Red Lodge Cafe
By Denise Rivette
A ‘meet and greet’ to get to know Tim Sheehy, a Republican challenger for the Montana U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Jon Tester, took place Thursday, March 28, in a filled to capacity Red Lodge Cafe. The mood was jovial and welcoming as Carbon County’s State Representative Brad Barker introduced Sheehy as the man who is going to “give Tester a pink slip.”
After Sheehy opened up by embracing the genderbending sound of his last name, he got serious by stating that we cannot continue to allow immigrants to flow into the country illegally, cannot continue “printing money six times as fast as the economy is growing”, cannot continue “waging war on American energy”, and cannot “continue to tell our boys that they can be girls, our girls that they can be boys and then be surprised when they all have gender dysphoria and depression.”
He shared his background as a Navy SEAL and the experience of building his business in Bozeman with an all veteran team as they lived in a tent while constructing the barn that began his businesses. One of those businesses is Bridger Aerospace, specializing in aerial fire operations. Sheehy opined that the Robertson Draw Fire was “mismanaged incredibly” while he was sitting in his water bomber watching “that fire burn for four days, and we were ready to launch on the radio that whole time. And you know that’s typical.” He sees a lot of room for trimming red tape.
Sheehy shared that he would rather fly water bombers and hang out on his ranch with his wife and four kids, but he refuses “to stand by and watch America to continue to get sold down the river. We’re not going to have a country left in 10 years. We’re going to be handing our children an insolvent nation in 20 years if we don’t adjust our spending trajectory.” Sheehy feels this race is critical and that he can beat Tester and deliver the Senate to the Republicans. He endorses Donald Trump for president and believes he will win. “But if [Trump] doesn’t win, the Senate is our firewall.”
Before answering questions from the audience, he ended by saying, “ I fought for this country and I refuse to stand here and watch it be attacked from inside any longer. We’re at a crossroads, and we have to stand up and make sure that we lead America in the right direction.”