Stunning Admission by Montana Democrats in Leaked Memo

I heard all the news reports last week about the leaked memo showing the infighting in the Montana Democrat Party during the legislative session. But I don't recall seeing anyone actually share that leaked memo with the people. (Maybe they did, and I just missed it while travelling the state for the Governor's Cup etc)

Thankfully, I was able to get a hold of that leaked memo and what I found was a stunning admission by Montana Democrats. They basically admitted that they rely heavily on foreign donors to fund their ballot initiative campaigns.

This is from page 17 of the leaked memo:

HB 818 from Rep. Braxton Mitchell purports to ban “foreign” funding for ballot measures, in practice making it more difficult for Democrats to gain the financial backing necessary to run a successful initiative campaign.

Wow. So the Montana Democrats basically admitted that foreign financiers are critical to funding their ballot initiative campaigns. It is illegal for foreigners to donate to other political campaigns, for very obvious reasons.

Click here for the full memo.
Tangible Damages Report
As The Billings Gazette reported, the report was mailed to them by an "anonymous sender to a slew of Democratic elected officials. Accompanying it was a one-page typed letter impugning the memo’s author. The report was reportedly drafted by House Democrats' Chief of Staff Hannah VanHoose and labeled the “Tangible Damages” report, but was apparently not meant to be distributed.

What else is deserving of more reporting from this memo, is that the MT Democrats are admitting how they need to hide the truth about their judicial candidates from the people of Montana. That's why they don't want candidates to have the 1st Amendment right to run for office with a party affiliation, so that their candidates can pretend to be nonpartisan all while benefiting from a pile of outside money.

Conservative political consultant Jake Eaton has a great, must-read op-ed about this very topic in the Billings Gazette this week.

John Jackson and I discussed this topic at length on Tuesday morning. Click below for full podcast audio.