MT-SEN: Montana GOP Senate candidate says remarks about Native Americans were 'insensitive,' rejects call to apologize
Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged during a debate Monday that mocking comments he made in 2023 about Native Americans were “insensitive” but he refused to apologize, explaining that his remarks were a reflection of military culture.
“Yeah, insensitive,” Sheehy conceded when pressed by his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Jon Tester.
“I come from the military, as many of our tribal members do. You know, we make insensitive jokes and probably off-color jokes sometimes,” he said.
Char-Koosta News reported in August that Sheehy joked at a 2023 fundraiser about Crow Tribe members being drunk at 8 a.m.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4909084-montana-republican-candidate-sheehy-insensitive-comments/
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