Montana Senate Candidate Calls Women Under 25 'Indoctrinated' for Supporting Reproductive Rights

Mar. 15, 2025

Tim Sheehy on Aug. 9, 2024.Photo:Michael Ciaglo/Getty

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A Republican Senate candidate fora key racethat could decide which party controls the upper chamber is coming under fire after he was caught on tape for calling women under the age of 25 “indoctrinated” for supporting reproductive rights.

Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL from Minnesota who relocated to Montana in 2014 and is locked in a competitive race with Democratic Sen. John Tester, acknowledged that Democrats are beating Republicans at the “ground game” on the issue of abortion.

According to the paper, Sheehy repeatedly said that it was legal to kill infants after an abortion —even after they were born — which has been frequently debunked. Former President Donald Trump has continued to push the same claim,including in his Sept. 10 debate with Kamala Harris.

“Murder is the official position of the American Democratic Party,” Sheehy said.

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The recordings also showed the Republican calling for cuts to the federal government, including the Department of Education, and calling Tester a “dyed in the wool Socialist."

Control of the Senate, meanwhile, could come down to the firmly Republican state of Montana, where Tester has defied the odds since 2006, securing three consecutive terms in Congress.

Now the moderate Democrat, 68, is considered the most vulnerable Senate incumbent running for reelection in 2024. Though the farmer and former music teacher has enjoyed high approval ratings for most of his tenure, today’s hyper-partisanship puts him in a trickier spot with conservative voters.

source: people.com