Montana gop senate candidate accuses firefighters of 'milking' fires for extra pay

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Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of 'Milking' Infernos For Extra Pay

While Sheehy would go on to make millions from the same pot of federal money that wildland firefighters rely on, his writings and more recent public comments suggest he came to view many in the field as bad actors competing for and ultimately wasting the government’s limited resources.

The 2015 conversation “smacked less of concern or common sense than it did laziness — or, worse, greed,” he wrote in his book. “I wouldn’t call it malevolence; anyone who climbs into a plane or picks up a shovel to fight wildfires clearly has a capacity for goodness and a desire to help. That said, even in positions that are demonstrably service-oriented, there is the potential for self-interest, if not outright corruption, leading to a response that is not necessarily in the public’s best interest.”

so, this guy says he had this conversation with a group of firefighters and one guy said they don't want to put the fires out too quickly because it'd be back to salary... well, maybe that guy did say that; maybe it was a sarcastic comment or intended as a joke or even that man's honest outlook. Sheehy, meanwhile, made his fortune from the gov't contracts for putting out fires and (of course) his book...

this is the same guy:
Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound

A former Park Service ranger said Friday that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan — going public with an accusation that has nagged the Republican’s campaign for months.

Sheehy is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and his military record is a centerpiece of his bid for office. During stump speeches and in a book published by Sheehy last year, he recounts being wounded on multiple occasions during combat, including in the arm in 2012.

Sheehy was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a separate combat incident and was also awarded a Bronze Star.

Sheehy was cited by Peach and paid a $525 fine for illegally discharging a firearm in Glacier, government records show.
The Republican candidate said in response to the April story that he lied to the park ranger — not about being wounded in Afghanistan.

Sheehy said he fell while hiking at Glacier and injured his arm, then concocted the story about the bullet wound to cover up the fact that the 2012 incident may have been friendly fire. He said he didn’t want members of his SEAL unit in Afghanistan to suffer any consequences.

Peach said he interviewed Sheehy at the hospital where he was treated for the bullet wound.

“At the time, he was obviously embarrassed about it. And you know, he admitted to what I was there for — the gun going off in the park," Peach told The Associated Press. “He know the truth and the truth isn't complicated. It's when you start lying things get complicated.”

there's no-one denying Sheehy was wounded while serving, though whether it was by a bullet or an exploding device seems very much in question with people who served with him saying the heard about the explosive but not a bullet... one of them directly states he met up with Sheehy multiple times and never once did he mention getting shot in the arm and that accidents are a frequent occurrence due to ricochets etc..., and no-one would have got in trouble (his team-mates) if there had been an investigation so there'd be no point trying to cover it up.

Sheehy, of course, says it's all lies to destroy his political ambitions. Embellishing is never a good look...

 

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Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of 'Milking' Infernos For Extra Pay


so, this guy says he had this conversation with a group of firefighters and one guy said they don't want to put the fires out too quickly because it'd be back to salary... well, maybe that guy did say that; maybe it was a sarcastic comment or intended as a joke or even that man's honest outlook. Sheehy, meanwhile, made his fortune from the gov't contracts for putting out fires and (of course) his book...

this is the same guy:
Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound

The fucker is lying about the incident because "alpha males", like that idiot, can’t deal with a personal failure in their supposed area of expertise, and they certainly can’t own up to it in a political race where they are leaning so heavily on their "alpha male" image.

 

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he's shady as fuck:

GOP Senate candidate used $160M promised for local job creation to instead pay off investors

One Republican U.S. Senate candidate running on his private sector experience is now being scrutinized for a deal in which he sided with wealthy investors over his own would-be constituents.

NBC News reported Tuesday that Tim Sheehy — who is running against Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) in a competitive Senate race — has yet to explain why jobs his company promised to Montanans have yet to materialize. The outlet reported that his aerial firefighting business, Bridger Aerospace Group, convinced Gallatin County, Montana commissioners in 2020 to use the county's credit rating to raise $160 million in a bond issue. That money would then be used to help the company expand, creating local jobs in the process.

Bridger executives ultimately won over county leaders, who unanimously voted for Bridger's proposal. But four years later, that money has been spent without any benefit to the county.

READ MORE: 'The company is bleeding cash': GOP Senate candidate's failing business becomes a liability

According to NBC, $134 million of that $160 million (more than 83%) ended up in the pockets of the New York-based private equity firm Blackstone Group in 2022. And while Bridger pledged to build two new hangars in Gallatin County, only one hangar has actually been built, and its workforce has actually declined rather than grown as promised.

guess trump loves this guy

 

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sheehy said he was 'medically discharged' from the Navy, his records say otherwise; in fact, he even said so himself in his own book. Nothing like keeping your discharge history straight, is there?

The heavily-redacted, 2-page document obtained by NBC News indicates that Sheehy voluntarily resigned his commission and does not list any medical condition that forced him out of uniform, according to a review of the document and a current and former U.S. official familiar with the details of his separation.

“Tim Sheehy was honorably discharged from the Navy after being declared medically unfit to continue to serve as a Navy SEAL in 2014,” the spokesperson said. “After Tim left active duty in 2014, he was then in the Navy Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)” — a section of the Navy Reserve — “until his honorable discharge in 2019.”

The spokesperson did not directly address why Sheehy’s discharge paperwork contradicts his claims that he was discharged for medical reasons.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...p&cvid=7725207368a645a591babde51576a8e1&ei=36

 

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Montana GOP Senate Hopeful Accused Firefighters Of 'Milking' Infernos For Extra Pay


so, this guy says he had this conversation with a group of firefighters and one guy said they don't want to put the fires out too quickly because it'd be back to salary... well, maybe that guy did say that; maybe it was a sarcastic comment or intended as a joke or even that man's honest outlook. Sheehy, meanwhile, made his fortune from the gov't contracts for putting out fires and (of course) his book...

this is the same guy:
Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound












there's no-one denying Sheehy was wounded while serving, though whether it was by a bullet or an exploding device seems very much in question with people who served with him saying the heard about the explosive but not a bullet... one of them directly states he met up with Sheehy multiple times and never once did he mention getting shot in the arm and that accidents are a frequent occurrence due to ricochets etc..., and no-one would have got in trouble (his team-mates) if there had been an investigation so there'd be no point trying to cover it up.

Sheehy, of course, says it's all lies to destroy his political ambitions. Embellishing is never a good look...

That’s why all the ads call him Shady Sheehy. It’s pretty memorable and seems to be more and more appropriate the more we find out about him.