Candidate Profile: Matt Rosendale
A couple of weeks ago I went to Glendive, where Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Matt Rosendale[1] lives.
He appeared at the local VFW post. About 40 people sat around folding tables eating pie and ice cream before the event, where he’ll repeat his strongest campaign theme: That he’ll be a faithful soldier for President Donald Trump.
Rosendale lawn signs are up for grabs, brochures show a picture of him shaking hands with the president.
A local woman tells me she woke up at dawn to drive to Great Falls to see Trump when he visited in July, and went to Billings to see him again in August.
Rosendale tells the crowd that the President’s agenda is at stake this November.
“We have the energy. We have enthusiasm. We have the support. All we have to do is make sure that the folks turn out on election day to actually vote. You don’t have to convince them that this is a good plan, that the Republican party is working hard for them”
Trump won Montana by more than 20 points in 2016. A CBS news poll taken last week shows the state fairly evenly split between those who approve and disapprove of how the president is handling his job.
Rosendale and his supporters at the Glendive VFW think Trump is doing great.
“All of this is a direct result of policies that have been put in place over the last 24 months. So I’m just here to ask you, please get your friends, get your neighbors, get your relatives, to come out and vote.”
Tom Nowlin,
