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unhappycamper

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Wed Feb 11, 2015, 06:14 AM Feb 2015

Koch stooges booed off stage in disastrous attempt to meddle in Montana’s Medicaid debate

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/koch-stooges-booed-off-stage-in-disastrous-attempt-to-meddle-in-montanas-medicaid-debate/



Zach Lahn, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Montana, speaks at a town hall in Dillon

Koch stooges booed off stage in disastrous attempt to meddle in Montana’s Medicaid debate
Travis Gettys
10 Feb 2015 at 09:47 ET

Dozens of voters shouted down paid staffers from a Koch brothers advocacy group that targeted a Montana Republican lawmaker who is open to expanding Medicaid in his state.

State Rep. Frank Garner has refused to sign a blanket pledge against expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and Americans for Prosperity-Montana is campaigning against him and two other lawmakers — state Reps. Jeff Welborn and Tom Berry — who have done the same.

The Koch-sponsored group is blanketing their House districts with mailers that show each lawmaker’s face superimposed over a photograph of President Barack Obama.

About 100 people turned out for a town hall meeting Thursday in Kalispell that was promoted by AFP, and Garner traveled eight hours from Helena to speak with his constituents after a reporter told him about the event, reported the Flathead Beacon.
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Koch stooges booed off stage in disastrous attempt to meddle in Montana’s Medicaid debate (Original Post) unhappycamper Feb 2015 OP
I've always been fond of Montanans. nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #1
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