Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy is running against the “Washington complex,” but his relationship with Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) appears to be business as usual.
One of the GOP’s best hopes to reclaim control of the U.S. Senate, Montana candidate Tim Sheehy, has made cleaning up the much-maligned “Washington swamp” a core promise of his campaign.
But as the CEO of a company that gets the bulk of its revenue from the federal government, Sheehy is more than familiar with what it takes to work the Washington complex that he rails against. Years ago, when Zinke was Secretary of the Interior in the Trump administration, his department awarded Sheehy’s company its very first contract. Since then, Sheehy and his family have gone on to shower their fellow Montana Republican with political contributions, while Bridger lobbied to pass industry-friendly legislation introduced by Zinke.
Stephen Spaulding, vice president of policy at the good government group Common Cause, told The Daily Beast that the Sheehy-Zinke relationship—consisting of major campaign contributions, federal contracts, and favorable legislation—was the exact kind of “pungent mix” that gives voters the impression that elected officials put corporate money over the public interest.
While noting these transactions aren’t illegal, Libowitz said, “it’s not what a lot of Americans may consider to be ethical.”, Sheehy has an appealing profile for this increasingly conservative state: like Zinke, he is a retired Navy SEAL. In addition to founding Bridger, Zinke and fellow Republicans proposed a carveout to the Clean Water Act to allow “scooper” helicopter firefighting fleets to use fire retardant instead of fresh water. There are notable environmental and practical concerns with using fire retardant, particularly the risk of killing fish and other local wildlife.If elected, Sheehy would find himself in a unique position, and would need to take steps to clear his conflicts of interest.
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