GOP Senate nominee caught using racist stereotypes at campaign events

Tim Sheehy, the Republican Senate nominee in Montana, has been caught using racist stereotypes to refer to Native Americans. According to audio released last Thursday by Char-Koosta News, the news outlet of the Flathead Indian Reservation, Sheehy claimed at a Nov. 6 fundraiser that he likes to brand cattle with tribal members on the Crow Reservation, saying it’s “a great way to bond with all the Indians out there while they’re drunk at 8 AM.”

In a second recording, from Nov. 10, Sheehy claimed that Crow members sometimes greet him by throwing beer cans at his head. 

“If you know a tough crowd, you want to go to the Crow rez,” he said. “They’ll let you know whether they like you or not if there’s Coors Light cans flying by your head.”

If any of the Crow members heard how Sheehy was talking about them, it’s not hard to believe they might throw something.