Political Quotes

“I appreciate the Senator from Rhode Island bringing up dark money spent in our elections. We all agree that dark-money spending has gotten out of control; however, the Senator from Rhode Island gives me an opportunity to point out the blatant hypocrisy from those in the Democratic Party on this very issue. I know I speak for probably every Montanan, if not most, when I say that we are tired of being bombarded with never-ending television, digital, radio, mail pieces, and most of it is from dark-money organizations. And where do you think much of this dark money is coming from? It is from groups aligned with the minority leader and the Democrats. In fact, according to a September 2020 report by OpenSecrets, which tracks political spending, two dark-money groups aligned with the Democratic Senate leadership have spent more than $44 million on political TV ads--more than any other outside group on television ads during the 2020 election cycle. Let me say that again. These are two dark money groups aligned with Democratic Senate leadership that have spent more than any other outside group on television ads during the 2020 election cycle. Yet neither group has reported any spending to the FEC at all--zero. You may ask yourself why the minority leader and his dark money allies are dumping so much money into races across our country, including Montana. The reason for that is the minority leader wants to be the majority leader and take control of the U.S. Senate.…”