Out-of-Stater Navigator: Tim Sheehy Faces Scrutiny for Pattern of Lies About His Military Record

In the final weeks of voting, Montanans are learning about Tim Sheehy’s dishonesty about his military service. Bombshell reporting scrutinized a gunshot wound Sheehy claimed he received in Afghanistan, but federal records and firsthand accounts show was self-inflicted in a Glacier National Park parking lot. Sheehy continues to face headline after headline surrounding his lies about his military record – raising fresh questions about whether Montanans can trust him. 

BREAKING FROM NBC NEWS: TIM SHEEHY LIED ABOUT BEING “MEDICALLY DISCHARGED” FROM THE NAVY

Breaking reporting yesterday from the NBC News found that Sheehy’s claims that he was forced to leave the military for medical reasons is contradicted by his military records, which indicate that he voluntarily resigned and no medical condition “forced him out of uniform.”

MONTANA VETERANS RESPOND TO TIM SHEEHY’S LIES ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE

Tuesday in Missoula, Montana veterans responded to new reporting that Tim Sheehy lied about his military service, including reporting of a firsthand account from a former Navy SEAL who served with Sheehy and disputed his story that he received a bullet wound in Afghanistan.

Speaking in Missoula were Michael Jarnevic, who spent more than four decades in the Marines and Army Special Forces and served in conflicts spanning Vietnam to Afghanistan, Jonas Rides At The Door, a Marine Corps combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient from Missoula who served in the Iraq War, and Lara Dorman, a retired Montana Army National Guard Captain from Missoula who served in the Gulf War.

NEWSPAPER AD TO RUN STATEWIDE HIGHLIGHTING MONTANAVETERANS RESPONDING TO TIM SHEEHY’S LIES

Montanans opening newspapers across the state this weekend will read a full-page newspaper ad highlighting Montana veterans calling out Tim Sheehy for his dishonesty about his military record. The ad will direct to a website which shows the federal records from the day Sheehy was cited for a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Glacier National Park.

NBC NEWS: TIM SHEEHY'S FIRM PROMISED JOBS AND MORE TO A MONTANA COUNTY. IT'S STILL WAITING.

New investigative reporting from NBC News showed that Tim Sheehy’s company failed to deliver on key promises, like job creation and constructing new airplane hangars, after securing a $160 million bond from Gallatin County. 

And as Sheehy’s company risks defaulting on that bond amid financial struggles and millions in losses, Gallatin County could take a hit to its credit – increasing “costs of borrowing to pay for schools, roads and other services.” 

TIM SHEEHY ACCUSED WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS OF “MILKING” FIRES TO BOOST OVERTIME PAY

Reporting from HuffPost reveals that Tim Sheehy repeatedly disparaged wildland firefighters, accusing them of “laziness,” “greed,” and “milking every fire” in order to rack up more overtime pay. 

HuffPost notes that “Sheehy is not the first Montana Republican to accuse wildland firefighters of being lazy and mismanaging infernos” – former Montana Senator Conrad Burns made similarly offensive remarks which he was forced to apologize for during his losing 2006 campaign. 

Sheehy’s offensive comments about the brave men and women who keep Montana communities safe are just the latest in a series of insulting remarks and  scandals that call into question whether Montanans can trust him.