COS supporter for Montana

by Andrew Luibrand, Stevensville

​​I want to encourage fellow Convention of States (COS) supporters to not be “one issue voters” on COS. Please look at the whole voting record of candidates. Unfortunately some RINOs have realized that they can “support” COS and use that to distract from their terrible voting record on other crucial issues that have a more immediate impact on our lives and freedom as Montanans. I wish that Theresa Manzella supported COS, but I am voting for her anyway because she is a reliable vote and voice for conservative values and freedom.

In 2022 the voters of Montana gave Republicans a super majority in the legislature, making it clear who they wanted to be in control of the legislature. Wayne Rusk’s voting record may look fairly conservative overall, but in the case of constitutional amendments when his vote actually counted/was needed, he joined the Democrats and voted them down.

 If you don’t know that the Montana constitution is fairly liberal and needs some amending, please do some research. The legislature was not singlehandedly changing the constitution (they can’t). Those amendments would have been on the ballot for we the people to decide on. Does Mr. Rusk think that we are not capable of making that decision?

Mr. Rusk doesn’t want to be a “partisan.” But what does it mean to be “bi-partisan”? It means that RINOs like Mr. Rusk give power to the Democrats after the voters have taken it away from them. The Democrats know how to use political power, even with a one seat majority. Republicans should follow their example. But we, the voters, have to pay attention and stop voting for RINOs.

Back to COS supporters who are planning to vote for Mr. Rusk. How do you know that Mr. Rusk does or will support COS? Two years ago when he was running for HD 88, Mr. Rusk told me that he didn’t really support COS. He also said that he had previously testified against COS in front of the legislature. At the time of writing this, I can’t find anything about COS on his website. An email from COS Action says that Mr. Rusk is a strong COS supporter. If that is true, why doesn’t he proclaim it clearly on his website and his mailings? Please research before you vote!