Daines voted to absolve Trump of his malevolence
Steve Daines, I have one question for you: how do you sleep at night? You were complicit in propagating Trump’s Big Lie that democrats were stealing the election. That Big Lie, which you fundraised off of and have yet to publicly refute, led to a bloody insurrection on our nation’s Capitol, multiple deaths and injuries suffered by police officers. You have blood on your hands, Steve. And when given the opportunity to begin to make amends for your complicity and hold Trump accountable, you turned a blind eye to overwhelming evidence and voted to absolve him of his
malevolence.
Steve, when did you, the Van Nuys, CA-born, Bozeman-bred BHS class president, son to prominent local home builder, self-described defender of the “Montana way of life,” become nothing
but a shill for an evil cabal of grifters? Perhaps the problem is that now you’re merely a hostage to your “base,” the violent Montana MAGA militia — those fine folks summoned by Trump to hang
our elected leaders at the Capitol — who now wait for you here at home? That might keep anyone up at night.
Cara Wilder
Bozeman
Daines’ criticism of Interior nominee misses the mark
In declining to support President Biden’s historic pick to lead the Department of Interior – Native American Deb Haaland – Sen. Daines says that she is too “radical.” The word “radical” means to fundamentally change the nature of something. What is radical is to fundamentally change the nature of our atmosphere so that the glaciers of the Alps, Arctic, Himalaya and yes, Montana — melt away.
What is radical is to put so much carbon in the atmosphere that the seas are so acidified they can no longer support life on earth.
Sen. Daines’ support of the fossil fuel industry makes him the most radical of all.
Joanne Dornan,
Bozeman
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Letters to the Editor 2/17/21