by Dana Henricks, Florence
With the election coming up November 3 and with ballots being sent out October 9, I thought I would check out your campaign website. I was deeply moved by the story of your near-death experience in 2021 when you came down with a life-threatening case of Covid.
Thanks for sharing your story. There are still some who think Covid was a hoax, or wasn’t serious. I’m glad you made it through this horrific experience, thanks to the excellent medical care you received, including seven days on a ventilator. You write that when you finally came off the ventilator, you realized what’s important in life and had a new sense of empathy, “even towards animals.”
I imagine your medical bills must have been astronomical after weeks in the hospital. But I’m guessing you did not go bankrupt over these bills, what with being a lawyer and the author of the 299 Days doomsday book series (under the name “Glen Tate,” which you also use to host your survivalist podcast “Prepper 2.0”).
I’m glad you had good health insurance and were not destroyed financially, on top of almost losing your life. But then in 2025, as the Montana House Representative for Florence and Stevensville, you voted against Medicaid expansion. What happened to your newfound empathy? Do you have any idea how many people lose everything and have to declare bankruptcy after a medical crisis like yours?
Is it that you believe people on Medicaid are lazy? They’re not. In Montana, 73 percent of adults on Medicaid are working either part-time or full-time at low-income jobs that don’t provide health insurance. As you said, you now have empathy “even towards animals.” If you have empathy towards animals, then shouldn’t you have even more empathy for Montana’s low-income human residents, who were not as fortunate as you were to go to college, earn a law degree, and have a high-paying career. If you have empathy towards animals, then shouldn’t you have even more empathy for Montana’s low-income human residents, who were not as fortunate as you were to go to college, earn a law degree, and have a high-paying career that provides excellent health insurance?
On your website you also state: “Most importantly, I am a Christian.” Well, Greg, I’m glad you’re still with us, but I hope you do not win your bid for reelection, because your voting record on Medicaid is anything but Christian. If you do win, I hope you will look more favorably upon those less privileged than you are.
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