Republican in key Senate race claims young women are ‘indoctrinated’ on abortion in unearthed recording
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Republican candidate in a crucial US Senate race in Montana has accused young women of being "indoctrinated" into becoming "single-issue voters" on abortion. In recordings made public on Monday byThe Char-Koosta News, a newspaper on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, Tim Sheehy said that reproductive rights were "all want to talk about" and falsely claimed that Democrats support murdering babies after they've been born. open image in gallery Tim Sheehy claimed young women had been ‘indoctrinated’ by abortion rights. According to the News, Sheehy also made multiple disparaging comments about Montana's indigenous Crow people, claiming they were often "drunk at 8am" and claimed they had thrown beer cans at his head.
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