Republican Party

Montana State Sen. Ken Bogner, a Republican from Miles City, is the latest Republican to join the growing field of GOP candidates in the field vying for the 2nd Congressional District seat currently held by Rep. Matt Rosendale.

Jim Nelson writes, "Semi-loyalists, by tolerating the conduct and statements of extremists, actually strengthen the behavior of these authoritarian elements and legitimize their conduct and ideas—perhaps creating the tipping-point that results in a solid democracy collapsing upon itself."

Ken Toole writes, "The arrogance of certainty demonstrated by Republican leaders in Montana is in a time-tested playbook used by authoritarian leaders everywhere."