Extremism threatens credibility
This Sept. 14, 2020, file photo shows Matt Rosendale, then Montana's state auditor and a candidate for the U.S. House, addressing a crowd during a Republican campaign rally in Belgrade. Rosendale, now a congressman, has voted not to make Juneteenth a federal holiday recognizing the end of chattel slavery in the United States. (Tommy Martino/Associated Press)
I think it was the 1977 Montana Republican state convention, and the speaker standing before the delegates was newly elected Congressman Ron Marlenee. Facing criticism from some of the hard right element of his party regarding his personal life, Marlenee was as dynamic and defiant as I ever saw him....
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