Sheehy says comments about Native Americans were old, selectively edited
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks with attendees after a Save America Rally with former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard at Snowline Acres in Kalispell on Thursday, June 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
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.
On Friday, Sheehy made an appearance on FOX News and was given a chance to clarify those comments, but instead told the host that they are old recordings, and suggested they were edited to make him sound poorly.
The cable news anchor begins: “There are reports of you saying some less-than-kind things about the Native American population in Montana. Do you want to address this?”
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