All of a sudden, Montana — and Senate control — is slipping away from Republicans
All of a sudden, Montana — and Senate control — is slipping away from Republicans
A poorly managed scandal response could once again prevent the GOP from ousting the ‘most vulnerable’ Democrat of 2024. John Bowden reports after a warning that ‘the meltdown is about to begin’ among Trump campaigners nationally
Summary
The 2024 race for Montana’s Senate seat, once seen as a near-certain Republican gain, has tightened unexpectedly, with Democratic incumbent Jon Tester showing a late polling advantage over GOP challenger Tim Sheehy.
Sheehy’s lead has diminished amid scrutiny of his story about a bullet wound he claims to have suffered during a deployment in Afghanistan. Discrepancies in his account, including conflicting explanations about a 2015 incident in Glacier National Park, have cast doubt on his credibility.
This polling shift has unsettled Republicans, with former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci describing their reaction as a “meltdown.”
Thank you, ladies! You are proving your power this election!
How? After all of the hard work and death threats and fascism, you’d think the Republicans had this one in the bag!
I'm really hoping that fascists are more likely to talk to poll takers than go to the voting booth.
why bother voting if you think it's rigged and going to storm the capital anyway?
Please vote out the republicans for how poorly they treated Zooey Zephyr.
I mean, vote out Republicans because they're absolute scum, but your thing works too.
Now do Texas, and Florida, and Georgia and
Georgia already has two Democratic Senators. You're welcome.
Until there is a total of 60 votes one way or another, both sides can effectively veto bills forever with a filibuster in the senate. Still, in the absence of said filibuster it's nice to be able to pass legislation through the senate.
Good to see the needle moving from the insanity that has been the last ~9 years of politics but there is so much foundational damage that simply won't build any bridges to bring the country back to it's center. Maybe if we're lucky it will lessen the extremist rhetoric especially after trump is out of the running... but i'm not holding my breath.
50 is also big for confirming judges.
50 + having the majority means you get to avoid stupid shit like McConnell appointment blocking
Note that Harris has called for eliminating the Filibuster should dems get a trifecta
Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5123955/kamala-harris-abortion-roe-v-wade-filibuster
Since most of you probably don't know anyone who lives in MT I will volunteer as the official Lemmy representative of the state. In the event that Tester wins this seat please send all letters of congratulations and gift baskets to me.
Too late for polls now. Only voting is left. So go out and do it if you haven't already
Montana has those Big Blue skies!!