Overview
- Sen. Tim Sheehy’s office publicized a July 1 voicemail from Helena city commission candidate Haley McKnight that included explicit wishes he get pancreatic cancer and die.
- The recording, obtained and verified by national outlets, also included insults, a warning not to meet her on the streets, and crude remarks about Sheehy’s fertility.
- McKnight says she meant no physical harm, regrets some language, and argues her anger followed the Senate’s advance of the GOP ‘One Big Bill’ that tightened Medicaid.
- Sheehy spokesperson Tate Mitchell said the voicemail recently came to their attention and that law enforcement is aware of the message and its contents.
- McKnight alleges the release was politically timed on the eve of local elections and says she has since received death and rape threats and harassment targeting her business.