Montana City-Commission Candidate Leaves Threatening Voicemail to GOP Senator: ‘I Hope You Die’
A voicemail from Helena City Commission candidate Haley McKnight has sparked a political firestorm in Montana.
On July 1, McKnight left a recording targeting Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) after he voted to advance the Trump-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The roughly one-minute message contained violent and vulgar language, including wishes that Sheehy suffer pancreatic cancer, die in the street and experience infertility.
Conservatives have condemned the remarks, while local law enforcement confirmed the incident was reported.
McKnight, a Helena small-business owner and president of Helena Young Professionals, defended the voicemail as “justifiable rage” over policies she believes harm Montanans, particularly Medicaid reforms included in the bill.
On July 1, McKnight left a recording targeting Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) after he voted to advance the Trump-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The roughly one-minute message contained violent and vulgar language, including wishes that Sheehy suffer pancreatic cancer, die in the street and experience infertility.
Conservatives have condemned the remarks, while local law enforcement confirmed the incident was reported.
McKnight, a Helena small-business owner and president of Helena Young Professionals, defended the voicemail as “justifiable rage” over policies she believes harm Montanans, particularly Medicaid reforms included in the bill.
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