Zinke talks like a Montana independent, but he votes like a big city swamp creature: backing bills that kick thousands of Montanans off their health coverage, siding with tariffs that raise costs and hurt Montana farmers, and standing by while services seniors rely on are threatened. He already left one DC job in scandal; Montanans can’t afford to be burned twice.
- Zinke voted for a bill that would kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans off of Medicaid. An estimated 27,000 Montanans in his district could lose their health coverage as a result of his vote, and he put rural hospitals at risk. Logan Health in Cutbank, the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson, and Big Sky Medical Center were identified as at-risk medical centers as a result of Zinke’s vote.
- Zinke has also twice cosponsored legislation that would completely repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered prescription drug costs and put a $35/month cap on insulin costs for seniors. Approximately 24,000 Montanans took prescription drugs that were selected for price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions.
Message: Big Pharma ally Zinke voted to take health coverage from hard-working Montanans all to give tax breaks to billionaires.
¶ ZINKE ABANDONED MONTANA AND SAID THE TRADE WAR “HAD TO HAPPEN”
Message: Zinke said higher food prices and harm caused to Montana farmers “had to happen.”
Message: Social Security is a promise, not a bargaining chip. Montanans livelihoods aren’t pawns in a political game. Montanans can’t be collateral damage in Zinke’s partisan political games.
Message: Zinke cast the deciding vote against releasing the Epstein files, protecting the accused pedophiles named within them.
Ryan Zinke resigned from his post as Interior Secretary amid multiple ethics scandals.
- The Interior Department Inspector General found that Zinke misused his position as Interior Secretary to advance a development project in his hometown in Montana and failed to disclose the details of his involvement to ethics officials when questioned.
- The Interior Department Inspector General found, as Interior Secretary, Zinke lied to investigators about conversations he had with lobbyists, lawmakers, and other officials regarding a bid by two Indian tribes to operate a casino in Connecticut.
- The Interior Department Inspector General found Zinke violated government rules by allowing his wife to travel with him in government vehicles and for considering making her a volunteer so she could travel for free.
- Zinke came under scrutiny for planning to spend $139,000 to replace doors in his Interior Secretary office suite. After being confronted about the cost, Zinke claimed he had reduced it by half.
Message: Zinke doesn’t think the rules apply to him. Montanans deserve an honest straight-shooter, not another DC swamp creature wasting their money.
Hospitals At Risk In MT-01
All hospitals in the district are included in this map; Green hospitals are at risk; Black have been shut down
Zinke's Repeated Attacks On Montanans' Health Care
Zinke Cut Funding For Montana Communities
Zinke Defended Trump's Tariffs
Zinke Repeatedly Threatened Social Security
Zinke Resigned From the Department Of The Interior Amid Ethics Scandals
Zinke's Votes In Congress