Tim Sheehy

Sheehy and Tester last met for a debate in June. Once the two men got on air Monday night, they quickly began trading some sharp criticisms.

The Daily Montanan put Sheehy’s book through commercially available software that scans texts against a massive store of other published and online sources to compare passages.

Since recordings of U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy surfaced characterizing Crow Native Americans as “drunk Indians,” he has been publicly silent about those recordings, despite numerous calls to apologize or explain his remarks.

Sheehy has not commented on the remarks anywhere since they were released, even avoiding an MTN reporter during a campaign event in Billings last Wednesday after the story became public.

On Thursday, the Cook Political Report announced it was shifting its rating for Montana’s Senate race from “Toss Up” to “Lean Republican.”

The polling was conducted during the last two weeks of August - before Sheehy had a slew of negative news including a false claim of training in Glacier National Park, questionable business decisions, and making disparaging comments about the Crow people.

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy recently said he parachuted into Glacier National Park as part of his military training in Montana — an activity a national park spokesperson said is not permitted.

Tim Minow of Big Sky 55+ writes, "It is reckless and irresponsible to distress and scare Montanans with patently false information that will bring them anxiety, worry and sleepless nights."

Crowds packed Montana State University's field house to support former President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy.

Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and give U.S. Senate control to the GOP, is campaigning on what he calls Tester’s and Democrats’ “extreme” position on abortion.