Tim Sheehy

We may not need them every day, but when we need them, we need them. And we fucking need them right away. We do the same thing with our police officers, same thing with our military. Right now, our firefighters have been staring at the barrel of a 40% pay cut, our wildland firefighters. We pay our wildland firefighters like hourly seasonal employees.

It hasn't happened yet, but that's what they are – if we don't enact legislation to protect their pay, that's what they're looking at having. And every year, that's what our firefighting community that protects our wildland firefighting, our wildland firefighter community is constantly worried, are we going to get paid next year? Because they are paid as hourly seasonal employees.

It hasn't happened yet, but that's what they are – if we don't enact legislation to protect their pay, that's what they're looking at having. And every year, that's what our firefighting community that protects our wildland firefighting, our wildland firefighter community is constantly worried, are we going to get paid next year? Because they are paid as hourly seasonal employees.

It hasn't happened yet, but that's what they are – if we don't enact legislation to protect their pay, that's what they're looking at having. And every year, that's what our firefighting community that protects our wildland firefighting, our wildland firefighter community is constantly worried, are we going to get paid next year? Because they are paid as hourly seasonal employees.

And you look at the disparity between how we treat a veteran that goes to war. They get paid a salary. It's not the best salary in the world, but it's a salary to live on. They get housing benefits. They get medical benefits. And if they get hurt, injured, or killed, either in the States or on deployment, basically the military and the VA take care of them.

And you look at the disparity between how we treat a veteran that goes to war. They get paid a salary. It's not the best salary in the world, but it's a salary to live on. They get housing benefits. They get medical benefits. And if they get hurt, injured, or killed, either in the States or on deployment, basically the military and the VA take care of them.

And you look at the disparity between how we treat a veteran that goes to war. They get paid a salary. It's not the best salary in the world, but it's a salary to live on. They get housing benefits. They get medical benefits. And if they get hurt, injured, or killed, either in the States or on deployment, basically the military and the VA take care of them.

Basically, we all know the VA is not perfect, but there's a system in place. Our Redland firefighters get none of that.

Basically, we all know the VA is not perfect, but there's a system in place. Our Redland firefighters get none of that.

Basically, we all know the VA is not perfect, but there's a system in place. Our Redland firefighters get none of that.

In fact, my team and I started a foundation, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars specifically for that, the Montana Firefighter Fund, specifically to help severely injured or killed firefighters and their families, because there is no SGLI, there's no VA, there's no Wounded Warrior Project,

In fact, my team and I started a foundation, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars specifically for that, the Montana Firefighter Fund, specifically to help severely injured or killed firefighters and their families, because there is no SGLI, there's no VA, there's no Wounded Warrior Project,

In fact, my team and I started a foundation, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars specifically for that, the Montana Firefighter Fund, specifically to help severely injured or killed firefighters and their families, because there is no SGLI, there's no VA, there's no Wounded Warrior Project,

And when these guys get hurt or, God forbid, killed, their families are kind of left like, what's the big deal? I mean, what are we supposed to do? Where is the help? So it's incredibly sad. But if you look at how we treat the problem holistically, this is such a challenging problem to solve. It's actually very simple to solve, but it's very challenging because it's a whole-of-government issue.

And when these guys get hurt or, God forbid, killed, their families are kind of left like, what's the big deal? I mean, what are we supposed to do? Where is the help? So it's incredibly sad. But if you look at how we treat the problem holistically, this is such a challenging problem to solve. It's actually very simple to solve, but it's very challenging because it's a whole-of-government issue.

And when these guys get hurt or, God forbid, killed, their families are kind of left like, what's the big deal? I mean, what are we supposed to do? Where is the help? So it's incredibly sad. But if you look at how we treat the problem holistically, this is such a challenging problem to solve. It's actually very simple to solve, but it's very challenging because it's a whole-of-government issue.

Let's take the LA fires I'm talking about. For years, California has led the nation in environmental reform. There's some good things about that. We all want clean air. We all want healthy forests. We all want... healthy ecosystems and we want as many species running around as possible. I know very few people, I say, I don't think I know anybody who doesn't want those things.

Let's take the LA fires I'm talking about. For years, California has led the nation in environmental reform. There's some good things about that. We all want clean air. We all want healthy forests. We all want... healthy ecosystems and we want as many species running around as possible. I know very few people, I say, I don't think I know anybody who doesn't want those things.

Let's take the LA fires I'm talking about. For years, California has led the nation in environmental reform. There's some good things about that. We all want clean air. We all want healthy forests. We all want... healthy ecosystems and we want as many species running around as possible. I know very few people, I say, I don't think I know anybody who doesn't want those things.

But those policies come at a cost. And this is, again, going back to America first, Policies have impacts. And if you're going to say that the smelt or the erogenous snailfish or the spotted owl is more important than the safety of millions of residents, that's a decision you have to make openly and clearly. And you have to be honest with your constituents.