Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Board: “Matt Rosendale is a serial office seeker, perpetually running for the next office […] And it should be noted he did not respond to an invitation to meet with the Chronicle editorial board.”
Yesterday, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle Editorial Board called Maryland Matt Rosendale out for his refusal to sit down and answer questions from one of the largest newspapers in the state Rosendale supposedly hopes to represent.
This is just latest example of Rosendale being afraid to talk the issues that Montanan’s care about most. Last week, Rosendale snubbed Montana’s farmers and ignored an invitation to talk about agricultural issues at the Montana Farmer’s Forum.
This was not the first time Rosendale has turned his back on Montana’s farmers: in April he again ignored an invitation to discuss one of Montana’s key economic engines – agriculture and ranching – claiming he had “scheduling conflicts.”
Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said at the time: “You would think that [Rosendale] would want to come and talk to rural and ag issues. Agriculture is our number one industry. It kind of surprises me that he would ignore us.”
Maryland Matt Rosendale ignoring farmers and afraid to talk the issues…that is not the leadership Montanans are looking for.
According to The Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
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Republican Matt Rosendale is a serial office seeker, perpetually running for the next office while serving as our state auditor. And it should be noted he did not respond to an invitation to meet with the Chronicle editorial board.
Rosendale’s campaign seeks to paint Williams as a liberal who will ally herself with extreme left elements of Congress. Her record tells a different story. She is well versed in natural resource policy and will be a vocal advocate for Montana’s agricultural economy. And she has ideas for improving health care legislation so important to so many Montanans.
Rosendale has allied himself with the Trump administration efforts to, among other things, repeal the Affordable Care Act without offering anything to replace it. If the ACA is shot down, nearly 100,000 state residents who are covered by an expanded Medicaid program and many others who found affordable coverage through ACA will be without coverage and assurances they can find coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Williams voices no ambitions for higher office and is genuinely interested in being an effective voice for the state as a member of what is very likely to be the majority party in the House.
The GOP’s hold on this seat has been at best checkered in recent years. Ryan Zinke left after a brief stint to serve as secretary of the Interior only to be forced out of office amid missteps less than two years later. Current Rep. Greg Gianforte apparently sees the office as a stepping stone and is seeking the governor’s office after just one term.
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