#MTGov Daily Rundown (Special Debate Edition): Bullock and Clinton are Two of a Kind
As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take to the debate stage tonight, it's important to remember just how similar Bullock and Clinton are.
2nd Amendment:
Hillary Clinton is one of the most anti-2nd Amendment politicians to ever run for or hold public office. She has a long history of fighting against the right to keep and bear arms and the National Rife Association has consistently given her a "F" grade. While Governor Bullock claims to support the 2nd Amendment, his endorsement of Hillary Clinton should be enough to call that into question.
They face another vote Thursday before heading to Governor Bullock, who vetoed similar legislation in the 2013 session." -MTN News, 3/11/2015
Hillary Clinton has refused to state that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right. -ABC, 6/5/2016
She has stated her support for an assault weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and stated that lawful gun owners "hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people." -CNN, 6/18/2014)
She has praised large scale gun confiscation schemes that have occurred in nations such as Australia and the United Kingdom. -Huffington Post, 10/16/2015
She has called for Americans to be stripped of their 2nd Amendment rights without due process based on their name appearing on the highly mistake prone No Fly List. -CNN, 12/5/2016
In addition to his endorsement of Hillary Clinton, Governor Bullock quietly amassed his own anti-2nd Amendment track record. During his tenure, the governor has vetoed multiple bills that would have enhanced the right of Montanans to keep and bear arms.
"The Senate also passed a measure to prohibit local law enforcement from assisting in the enforcement of future federal gun laws. Both bills passed on party-line votes.
"Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock on Friday vetoed a pair of Republican-sponsored gun rights bills, including one that would allow almost any adult to carry a concealed weapon in Montana without a permit." -Missoulian, 3/27/2015
One of those bills would have pushed back against President Obama's unconstitutional executive overreach on guns. Bullock vetoed the bill. However, AFTER Obama actually issued an executive order on guns, Bullock criticized the decision.
"Bullock also vetoed HB203, which would prohibit any state or local officials in Montana from enforcing any future federal restrictions on gun or weapon magazine ownership." -Missoulian 3/27/2015
One of those bills would have pushed back against President Obama's unconstitutional executive overreach on guns. Bullock vetoed the bill. However, AFTER Obama actually issued an executive order on guns, Bullock criticized the decision.
"Bullock also vetoed HB203, which would prohibit any state or local officials in Montana from enforcing any future federal restrictions on gun or weapon magazine ownership." -Missoulian 3/27/2015
"But this discussion is too important for the President to circumvent Congress with the stroke of a pen.” -Billings Gazette, 1/5/2016
Coal:
Hillary Clinton’s anti-coal agenda:
Hillary Clinton has called the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, which threatens thousands of Montana jobs, "the floor not the ceiling, and promised to go further." Even to the point of using illegal executive orders to bypass Congress.
"Clinton called the plan 'the floor, not the ceiling,' and said she would go further.
Her plan contemplates using executive orders if Congress tried to block her proposals." -Washington Post, 8/2/2015
Meanwhile Governor Bullock will not stand up for Montana's coal industry. Last month, his office did not even send a representative to a hearing on a bill sponsored by Rep. Zinke and Sen. Daines that seeks to protect Montana coal jobs.
“Gov. Steve Bullock did not send anyone to the hearing.
Zinke spokeswoman Heather Swift said their office was surprised the governor didn’t want to be involved, saying he has voiced support in the past and has been opposed to federal moratoriums.
‘As far as his motivation we’re completely clueless as to why they wouldn’t want to participate,’ she said.” -Great Falls Tribune 6/15/2016
This is after Bullock waited until the last minute (under pressure from Gianforte) to call on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to veto a bill that paves the way for the shutdown of the Colstrip Power Plant AFTER first saying he wouldn’t demand a veto.
“Bullock isn’t likely to veto the bill.” -MTN News, 3/15/2016
“…we’re gonna put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business”-Hillary Clinton, on CNN, 3/13/2016
Clinton has said that the country has to move away from coal.
"We need to move away from coal. Everybody understands that. There's no doubt about it." -Hillary Clinton event with the League of Conservation Voters, 11/9/2015
"We need to move away from coal. Everybody understands that. There's no doubt about it." -Hillary Clinton event with the League of Conservation Voters, 11/9/2015
Hillary Clinton has called the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, which threatens thousands of Montana jobs, "the floor not the ceiling, and promised to go further." Even to the point of using illegal executive orders to bypass Congress.
"Clinton called the plan 'the floor, not the ceiling,' and said she would go further.
Her plan contemplates using executive orders if Congress tried to block her proposals." -Washington Post, 8/2/2015
Meanwhile Governor Bullock will not stand up for Montana's coal industry. Last month, his office did not even send a representative to a hearing on a bill sponsored by Rep. Zinke and Sen. Daines that seeks to protect Montana coal jobs.
“Gov. Steve Bullock did not send anyone to the hearing.
Zinke spokeswoman Heather Swift said their office was surprised the governor didn’t want to be involved, saying he has voiced support in the past and has been opposed to federal moratoriums.
‘As far as his motivation we’re completely clueless as to why they wouldn’t want to participate,’ she said.” -Great Falls Tribune 6/15/2016
This is after Bullock waited until the last minute (under pressure from Gianforte) to call on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to veto a bill that paves the way for the shutdown of the Colstrip Power Plant AFTER first saying he wouldn’t demand a veto.
“Bullock isn’t likely to veto the bill.” -MTN News, 3/15/2016
FLIP-FLOP:
“Montana Gov. Steve Bullock last week asked Inslee to veto the bill over concerns about its effect on Montana.” -Seattle Times, 4/3/2016
“Montana Gov. Steve Bullock last week asked Inslee to veto the bill over concerns about its effect on Montana.” -Seattle Times, 4/3/2016
Last year, Bullock refused to support Attorney General Tim Fox’s lawsuit against the Obama/EPA Clean Power Plan which threatens thousands of Montana jobs.
“A statement issued by Governor Steve Bullock didn’t say whether he thinks the lawsuit is a good idea.” -Montana Public Radio, 10/23/2015
“A statement issued by Governor Steve Bullock didn’t say whether he thinks the lawsuit is a good idea.” -Montana Public Radio, 10/23/2015
Early in the year, after the U.S. Supreme Court put a stay on the Obama/EPA Clean Power Plan, Bullock simply suspended his Clean Power Plan Advisory Council.
"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday suspended the work of a panel appointed to address new federal carbon dioxide emissions rules after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the key component of President Barack Obama’s climate change plan.” -Associated Press 2/9/2016
"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday suspended the work of a panel appointed to address new federal carbon dioxide emissions rules after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the key component of President Barack Obama’s climate change plan.” -Associated Press 2/9/2016
A big issue is for Bullock is that his campaign has taken a combined thousands of dollars from environmental activists with the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Sierra Club of Montana. Both groups sued to shut down Colstrip Units 1 and 2.
"'The firm MEIC that actually pursued this lawsuit against Colstrip, their board members have written checks, five of them have written checks to Gov. Bullock’s campaign,' Gianforte said. 'He’s bought and paid for by special interests that shut down Montana jobs.'”
Emails:
Recently, Montanans were treated to the shocking news that all of the emails on state accounts from Governor Steve Bullock's 2009-2013 term as Attorney General have been destroyed. This is despite emails clearly being considered "public record" in state law and guidance from the Secretary of State's office that public officials turn over their emails to the state archives when they leave office.
“Note the email accounts for former Attorney General Steve Bullock and his appointed staff members no longer exist, so neither the accounts nor their archives are available to search,’ he wrote. Blixseth has asked state officials for a copy of the minutes of the meeting in which they followed proper protocols and requested destruction of emails." -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
"Andrew J. Huff, chief legal counsel for Bullock, said the governor’s office does not maintain public information archives from the attorney general’s office or other state agencies.
“With some limited exceptions, the governor’s office does not store public information that predates January 2013 when Governor Bullock came into office,” he wrote July 26." -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
“With some limited exceptions, the governor’s office does not store public information that predates January 2013 when Governor Bullock came into office,” he wrote July 26." -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
“Do they exist, were they destroyed legally or illegally?” he [Blixseth] asked. “We find no record they were destroyed legally, so the assumption is they were destroyed illegally.” -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
"Blixseth cites email guidelines posted on the Secretary of State’s website that claim “When records are no longer needed, they may be disposed of in a legally prescribed fashion — but only after the State or Local Government Records Committees have approved their disposal.” -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
"He said research by him and his attorneys has shown the governor has not made a request to delete the information." -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31//2016
"Blixseth cites email guidelines posted on the Secretary of State’s website that claim “When records are no longer needed, they may be disposed of in a legally prescribed fashion — but only after the State or Local Government Records Committees have approved their disposal.” -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31/2016
"He said research by him and his attorneys has shown the governor has not made a request to delete the information." -Great Falls Tribune, 8/31//2016
Bullock has been dealing with a "slow drip" of issues regarding how he is using both his state and private email since his 2nd lieutenant governor, Angela McLean, resigned her post unexpectedly last year.
The emails from the governor's private account were released after emails from official state accounts showed an increasingly strained relationship between Bullock and then-Lt. Gov. Angela McLean.
"Gov. Steve Bullock and his administration had a strained relationship with Lt. Gov. Angela McLean and had considered replacing her on the 2016 ticket since early this year, according to internal emails and top Bullock staffers.
Emails obtained late this week by MTN News also showed that McLean had become largely isolated on the job by early October, when she was locked out of her official Twitter account, excluded from office meetings, and stripped of her initiatives." -MTN News, 12/11/2015
Bullock's choice for president, Hillary Clinton, has faced a tremendous amount of scrutiny for illegally using a private email server while Secretary of State. Despite, initial denials, it was found that Clinton sent and received classified information over an insecure server.
"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has used his private email account to communicate about a wide variety of official business from proposed legislation to his increasingly strained relationship with the former lieutenant governor, according to hundreds of pages of emails released Friday." -Great Falls Tribune, 5/6/2016
"The newly released records shed more light on the strained relationship between McLean, Bullock and his staff. McLean complains to Bullock about her treatment by his budget director, Dan Villa, whom she said told her 'either you are on the team or you are not.'
In May, the lieutenant governor wrote a letter to Bullock saying Chief of Staff Tracy Stone-Manning had confirmed that he was considering a different running mate for his 2016 re-election campaign. 'I guess I am learning ambition is a funny thing and realizing the full consequences of standing up for what you believe it right,' McLean wrote." -Great Falls Tribune, 5/6/2016
"Hundreds of pages of documents, which were released Friday, show the democratic governor used his private account for official communications regardi
"Hundreds of pages of documents, which were released Friday, show the democratic governor used his private account for official communications regardi
The emails from the governor's private account were released after emails from official state accounts showed an increasingly strained relationship between Bullock and then-Lt. Gov. Angela McLean.
"Gov. Steve Bullock and his administration had a strained relationship with Lt. Gov. Angela McLean and had considered replacing her on the 2016 ticket since early this year, according to internal emails and top Bullock staffers.
Emails obtained late this week by MTN News also showed that McLean had become largely isolated on the job by early October, when she was locked out of her official Twitter account, excluded from office meetings, and stripped of her initiatives." -MTN News, 12/11/2015
VIDEO: "What are they hiding?"
Bullock's choice for president, Hillary Clinton, has faced a tremendous amount of scrutiny for illegally using a private email server while Secretary of State. Despite, initial denials, it was found that Clinton sent and received classified information over an insecure server.
"But on a day of political high drama in Washington, Mr. Comey rebuked Mrs. Clinton as being 'extremely careless' in using a private email address and server. He raised questions about her judgment, contradicted statements she has made about her email practices, said it was possible that hostile foreign governments had gained access to her account, and declared that a person still employed by the government — Mrs. Clinton left the State Department in 2013 — could have faced disciplinary action for doing what she did." -New York Times, 7/5/2016
"Of 30,000 emails Mrs. Clinton handed over to the State Department, 110 contained information that was classified at the time she sent or received them. Of those, Mr. Comey said, aa very small number' bore markings that identified them as classified. This finding is at odds with Mrs. Clinton’s repeated assertions that none of the emails were classified at the time she sent or received them." -New York Times, 7/5/2016
"Of 30,000 emails Mrs. Clinton handed over to the State Department, 110 contained information that was classified at the time she sent or received them. Of those, Mr. Comey said, aa very small number' bore markings that identified them as classified. This finding is at odds with Mrs. Clinton’s repeated assertions that none of the emails were classified at the time she sent or received them." -New York Times, 7/5/2016
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