Tim Sheehy wins his Senate race
Tim Sheehy was up against Jon Tester, the Democratic Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman. Stories about the inconsistencies related to Sheehy’s claims of being shot in Afghanistan did not appear to deter his chances to win this race. Tester was a prominent Democrat voice for Veterans issues in the Senate.
From Military.com:
“I’ve been serving our country since I was 18, because when your country calls, you must answer, and I am incredibly honored by your support and the trust you’ve placed in me to fight for you and serve Montana as your next U.S. senator,” Sheehy posted on social media Wednesday, a few hours after The Associated Press called the race for him.
With Tester a leading voice on veterans policy in the Senate and Sheehy’s status as a veteran himself, veterans issues played a key role in their campaigns as both candidates searched for an edge in a race seen as vital to which party would control the Senate next year.
Montana has the third-highest veterans population per capita in the country at 9% of the state’s adults, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Sheehy was winning by about 8.6% with 93% of votes counted on Wednesday afternoon, according to the AP.
Sheehy’s campaign materials prominently featured references to him being a SEAL, and he regularly mentioned his military service in campaign ads and speeches.
But aspects of his military record also came under question over the course of the campaign, particularly his account of getting shot in the arm in Afghanistan.
While Sheehy said in campaign speeches and in a memoir that he was shot in Afghanistan, The Washington Post uncovered earlier this year that he told a National Park Service ranger in 2015 that he accidentally shot himself when his gun dropped on the ground during a visit to Glacier National Park.
After the Post’s reporting, Sheehy maintained that he injured himself in a fall and that he lied to the park ranger when the old bullet wound was discovered because the Afghanistan shooting was friendly fire from a fellow SEAL, and he was worried disclosing that could instigate a military investigation, even though he had already retired from active duty at that time.
Additional Reading:
Kheel, R. (2024, November 6). Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman falls to Navy SEAL Veteran in key Senate race. Military.com. Link.
Category: 2024 Election, Veterans in politics, Veterans in the news
What’s the line for?
Free beer and a complimentary nail trim?
Jane Fonda died and their getting primed up to visit her grave.
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This.
The lineup are all pissed off Vets waiting to piss on her grave.
Does this mean that veterans who claim fake war injuries from self inflicted GSWs be eligible for compensation when he takes over?
Off-topic, but just in… Iraq to lower age of consent for women to 9 (our folk died for that):
https://www.yahoo.com/news/outrage-iraq-stands-poised-lower-154849218.html
P.S. In Borat, it was sarcastic parody that Kazahkstan was raising that to 12.
What’s the age of consent for sheep?
Do we really need to have the conversation about the” religion of pieces” not being compatible with civilization AGAIN???
Nope. Being Godly requires behavior like a savage– it’s Allah’s will, he knows what we like, let’s rape kids and cut off people’s heads? Not here.
I suspect that it is two, but I can’t rule out that lambs are fair game for some Afghan tribes.
Bacha baah-zi?
It’s written in the Koran just like that. They are very close to bringing Sharia Law. Meanwhile ,Gay relationships are no longer the death penalty, merely 15 years in prison
What happened to the ISIS rule that they were to be tossed from tall buildings?
No more tall buildings left?
They toss you into the truck taking you to prison from the courthouse roof. Checks all the boxes.
The Muslim prophet Mohammad, IIRC, married his Bride -Aisha when she was 7. But,, being the gentleman that he was, he waited till she was 9 to consummate the marriage!
Well, can’t really blame adherents to a “religion” founded by a pedo to not be pedo’s themselves…
Once again, NIT compatible with civilized society.
After the unmitigated disaster and freakshow that the socialist democrats have become, I am going to give the guy a pass. Someone needs to tell him to shut up about that nonsense, and do his job, which will most likely still be better than any of the opfor do theirs. Which is why they lost their asses this go around.
Except here in Commirado… Unfortunately this state is lost.
Your standards, not mine.
If you are cool with lying about getting shot, ask Pat Tillman’s parents what they think.
I agree. Getting shot, whether at the hands of someone else or by your own, is nothing to brag about.
I guess the bright spot for that is that he helped swing the Senate to majority republican. We will soon see what other type of character he is.
Well, he made it through SEAL training, so that shows some determination.
Agreed. He can be a POS in life, but if he does his job properly as a conservative senator (no insider trading, please!), I can overlook his being a douche bag.
It is a far stretch though. I’m sure he will be a millionaire within 2-4 years of being a politician.
Not me.