Trump, Pence Robo-calls to Montana Voters for Special Election are Illegal, but They’re Doing It Anyway

May 25th, 2017

Awake Goy

Trump, Pence Robo-calls to Montana Voters for Special Election are Illegal, but They’re Doing It Anyway

Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show

The special election in Montana has Republicans on edge; so much so that they have broken the law in order to influence voters in their favor.

In the Montana House a seat has opened thanks to Donald Trump’s appointment of former Congressman Ryan Zinke to his administration as head of the Department of the Interior. This seat was once considered a shoe-in for republicans, but after Trump’s election the GOP have had to fight hard to remain in power.

Republican candidate Greg Gianforte told friends that “this race is closer than it should be.”

That is because democrat contender Rob Quist raised more than $6 million for his campaign and an additional $1 million within the last 7 days. There is great enthusiasm at the prospect of booting republicans out and making a statement about the electoral climate moving forward.

Gianforte has a single digit lead over Quist and as it looks now, the Republicans may have to let go of this stronghold.

Gianforte, who was not a vocal supporter of Trump, is now excited “to work with Donald Trump to drain the swamp and make America great again” and sharing that change of heart with his constituents hoping that they will elect him to replace Zinke.

The strategy now is to employ the Trump administration for support in the form of robo-calls to potential voters. Mike Pence recorded one of these “get-out-the-vote” robo-calls.

Inherent to their mode of influence is a big problem – robo-calls are illegal in Montana and punishable by a fine of up to $2,500.

Pence just did a robocall to Montanans for Gianforte.

Robocalls are illegal in Montana.

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— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) May 24, 2017

Gianforte and the republicans say they have considered this illegal robo-calling and have figured out a way around it.

In order to be compliant with Montana’s robo-call law they have employed paid persons to call potential voters and ask if they would like to hear a recorded message from Trump or Pence. Republicans say the law makes that exception.

Should the caller agree, they will hear Trump or Pence say: “Greg Gianforte is running to be your next congressman, and President Trump and I need Greg working with us in Washington to cut your taxes, secure our borders and protect your Second Amendment rights.”